You think your coworkers are unhealthy? An Associated Press story details the health problems of truckers, already a tough-to-keep breed. One local example: Gordon Trucking Inc., based in Pacific, Wash., has been providing tips in its monthly company newsletter about eating healthy on the road. "We are interested in the health of our drivers because anytime a driver isn't healthy, that ...

What a sad summer in Officeland. Raises and bonuses nowhere to be found. Expense accounts and headcounts skinnier by the day. Staycations morphing into fauxcations. No wonder the black dog is upon us. "It can become a negative energy field at the office really quickly," says Jeff Kaye, CEO of Dallas search firm Kaye/Bassman International. "It's so easy for an organization ...

Q. I'm an assistant in my department as well as the youngest employee. I was promoted to this position after another woman retired. I've noticed that my peers tend to talk down to me, and scold me in ways they never would have done to her. Most of them have children my age. I think that is the cause of some ...

The holiday season can be an exciting, fun, and stressful, time. How do you get everything done, including your job, and still enjoy yourself? Let these articles guide you in navigating the holiday season and making it to the end of the year on a high note: • More Important than the Holiday Party... • Get Off the Holiday-Spending Carousel ...

WASHINGTON — Individual government workers generally cannot make a constitutional case out of their workplace discrimination claims, the Supreme Court said Monday in a ruling that leaves public employees with fewer legal options than those in the private sector. The case before the court concerned arbitrary employment decisions that do not involve race, gender or other categories that are explicitly protected ...

SEATTLE - Here's the scenario: It's Friday night, and what began as an innocent happy-hour margarita morphed into a few pitchers. After all, those tacos were salty. Bidding friends adieu, you jump in a cab, head home and decide a quick e-mail check is in order. And there it is: a message from your ex. Or your boss. Or that friend ...

I had the amazing opportunity a couple months ago to see Gloria Steinem speak. She, as most of you probably know, is a very well-known feminist. I asked her how we can continue to change the corporate culture to make it more inviting and more equal for women. Her answer was very interesting. She said, "Eliminate caution." Eliminate caution. And she ...

House and Senate conferees are about to resolve differences between two opposing ways of fixing a broken public employee pension system. The stakes are enormous for current and future retirees and for property taxpayers. One year ago, the Legislature passed HB 876, creating a Commission to Study the Long-Term Viability of the New Hampshire Retirement System. The 21-member commission was composed ...

If you've worked with the same company for several years, you've probably built many friendships. Some of your coworkers might be close friends, while others are individuals with whom you might share a weekend story on Monday morning. A friendship at work can become a powerful networking tool or a toxic relationship. What works best when you are in a leadership ...

A new study by ComPsych Corporation revealed more than half of workers in their 60s have healthy diets, compared to only 17.7 percent of employees in their 30s. Employees in their 50s and 60s also fared better in level of exercise, outlook on life, social support and stress levels. ComPsych is the world’s largest provider of employee assistance programs and worldwide ...

In my younger days, as a newly minted PhD and executive educator, I would challenge my clients to pick one to three behavior patterns for personal improvement—that is, if they demonstrated a positive change in these practices, they would become more effective leaders. As I grew more experienced, I began to realize that three patterns were too many. The problem was ...

According to Vault.com’s (www.vault.com) “Workday Cutbacks” survey, 80% of employees are changing their workday food and drink habits in the face of the current economic crisis. Large numbers are cutting back when it comes to daily expenditures and also weighing more considerable changes in order to save money. “Regardless of their industry or career path, American workers are clearly reacting to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid rising public impatience with an economy now under his watch, President Barack Obama on Tuesday said his administration needs to push money out faster to initiate a recovery and conceded that unemployment would rise above 10 percent. "People are going through a very tough time right now," Obama said at a White House news conference. "And I ...

I’ve been trying to focus on the positive despite constant media attention to the economic crisis. And I’ve found an upside to the down economy: we’re learning to live with less ‘stuff.’ To help us cope better with less, business & life coach Steve Davis advocates that instead of continually amassing more stuff, we learn how to better use what we ...

THE LATEST: Employers slashed 159,000 jobs in September, the most in more than five years and the ninth month in a row of nationwide job losses. So far this year, the economy has lost a staggering 760,000 jobs. [widget:newsarticlegeneral] WHAT IT MEANS: With jobs harder to come by and the growth in workers' wages slowing, consumers are expected to hunker ...

Here’s a depressing statistic: according to an online study of client-side marketers, only 20% of 198 respondents made sure that employees outside of the marketing department were kept informed of the company’s marketing strategy “all or most of the time.” A whopping 56% of the respondents kept employees informed “sometimes.” Keeping employees in the loop I found these stats in Don ...

Not ready to retire just yet? Consider asking your boss if you can work part-time or telecommute. A study released Wednesday by Hewitt Associates found 61 percent of U.S. companies have or will develop programs that let workers retire in stages. The programs are intended to hold onto the experience of baby boomers, and ease the difficulty of replacing their skills. ...

Unemployment continued its long climb in July, and employers slashed jobs for the seventh straight month, as the labor market continued a slow but steady deterioration that is walloping American workers. The unemployment rate was 5.7 percent in July, the Labor Department said today, up from 5.5 percent in June and 4.7 percent a year earlier. Employers cut 51,000 positions from ...

WASHINGTON - John McCain said Democratic rival Barack Obama is bad for business in a speech to small business owners. McCain said Tuesday that Obama's policies would mean higher taxes and higher overhead costs. The Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting also criticized Obama for pledging to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement. McCain said small businesses make the economy run and that ...

From quirky advertising to job-hunting tactics to random acts of desperation, these days it feels like signs of the recession are everywhere we look. Literally. Some are funny, clever or thought provoking. Others are downright depressing. We’ve combed the web to find a collection of photos that best exemplify the uncertain times we're living in. Begin Slideshow