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Workplace health may be declining -- what to do

Amid the highest unemployment rate in recent decades and massive job losses around the country, most workers feel happy to at least be employed. What they aren't feeling, however, is healthy.

Workplace flexibility revives employees, in and out of the office

Juggling work, family, friends and community may seem sometimes like an impossible task. A flexible work schedule may be one solution to a better work-life balance.

How to quit working on vacation

After months without a day off, it's official: You need a vacation.

Flex-time, time off: Who's getting these perks?

Employees at the Seattle office of the U.S. Government Accountability Office know that they have to put in 80 hours of work every two weeks.

CNNMoney: Flex-time, time off - who's getting these perks

Employees at the Seattle office of the U.S. Government Accountability Office know that they have to put in 80 hours of work every two weeks. But they can configure those hours pretty much how they'd like, with the exception of the one day a week their managers require all employees to be at the office at the same time.

Why is me time such a big deal?

A piece of essential wisdom about our lives is broadcast every time a plane takes off. No, it's not about your tray table. It's this: If the oxygen mask drops and you're traveling with small kids, put yours on first -- before you help them.

Business 2.0: There's more vacation time on tap for you

We've reached the balmy days of August, but for a growing number of workers chained to their jobs, it might as well be January.

CNNMoney: The maternity bill of rights

While pending motherhood itself can be a stressful time, working women have the added pressure of breaking the news to employers while trying to decipher just what benefits they are entitled to receive.

Money Magazine: Making Time for Time Off

Which would you rather have: more time off or a $5,000 raise? When the folks at Salary.com first posed this question in 2001, 33% of respondents said they'd want more time. The rest said, "Show me ...

CNNMoney: 21 Ways to jump start your career

Tomorrow morning, take a good look around your desk at work. The files that haven't budged in years, the phone with the "1" almost worn off, the chair your body knows so well, the Sticky Notes.

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