Study: Workers Find IM a Mixed Blessing
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A report released Thursday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project says US workers are increasingly using instant messaging (IM) in the workplace, with approximately 11 million Americans logging into an IM program daily.
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Q. I work for a small company and sit in an area made up of a dozen cubicles. We have a new worker who is a great employee. He works hard and is friendly, quiet, and respectful. One of our female employees, however, has complained to Human Resources about the cologne he uses. She doesn't have allergies, so this is ...
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Studies worldwide suggest employees spend about a fifth of their work shifts engaging in personal activities, with the favorite time wasters including surfing the Web and sending personal e-mail messages.
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By Rio Rancho Business Editor RORY McCLANNAHAN Of the Journal  In the mail this week, I got press releases from two different sources. One said a survey shows that workers are happier when they work with their friends.
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Times remain tough for IT workers looking for jobs across the U.S., according to a new employment study of the IT marketplace.
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More than a third of U.S. firms offer flexible work, prompting loyalty in some workers and a disconnect in others.
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The personal touch made all the difference in getting workers at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. with chronic health problems such as diabetes to sign up for programs to control their conditions, a study found.
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Communicating can be tricky when a company or a government agency has workers in different locations and even different time zones.
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Employment researchers are increasingly acknowledging that having sick employees work is not just painful for the employees, but can also hurt the company.
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IT workers in the U.S. aren't happy about the state of the job market, according to a study released this week by New York-based staffing firm Hudson.
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U.S. consumers' mood brightened slightly in January on a more favorable view of the labor market, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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com. Eleven million Americans use instant messaging at work, a survey released Thursday said, but some at-work IMers would like nothing better than to toss the technology.
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NEW YORK  -Telecommuting may boost morale, and cut  stress, but it can have the opposite effect on those left  behind in the office, according to a new study.
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A majority of Americans say they find satisfaction in their jobs, according to an Associated Press poll, though many express concerns about job stress, health care and retirement benefits.
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Employers are learning that victims of violence are often reluctant to seek help.
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Investing in depressed employees &#151; quickly getting them treatment and even offering telephone psychotherapy &#151; can cut absenteeism while improving workers' health, a study suggests.
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When I suggested in a recent column that a problematic 5 percent of employees account for 75 percent of the IT support burden, I expected a wave of âright on!â letters from IT support staffers. After the column was published, the letters did come â most of them disagreeing with my premise, with one reader suggesting that the real whiner was yours truly. I still think itâs outside the realm of overextended IT departments to provide training on basic computing skills (which I defined as âmanaging and finding files, and basic working knowledge of suites such as MS Officeâ). But my thinking was adjusted a bit by the thoughtful feedback.