Nick Bloom, a Stanford economist who studies work culture, said the shoes-off trend was partly “the pajama economy in action.

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The bridging technique allows employees to get 23 days off from work in a year by only using six paid vacation days. The ...

Most federal holidays take place on Mondays or Fridays in 2026, creating natural opportunities for long weekends.

At a time when many companies are rolling back flexible work arrangements and scrutinizing productivity, Duolingo's approach ...

“If an employee is entitled to bank and public holidays then they would not need to work on Christmas Day, Boxing Day or News Years Day however News Year Eve and Christmas Eve are not bank or public ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, most, but not all employees in Minnesota can access up to 20 weeks of subsidized time off each benefit year under the state’s new paid leave program, assuming they have a ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. In North Carolina, state agencies are not partisan arms of the government. They are ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The North Carolina Legislative Building in downtown Raleigh, where the General Assembly ...

And how did those workers suddenly become disposable? The shift to “workers” seems like a small, unimportant change in the vernacular. I’ve slipped into the habit, as using “worker” instead of ...

Many companies have already announced that they will be laying off employees during the month of December. Based on federal law, companies issue WARN notices ahead of time so that employees typically ...