http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Families_and_Work_InstituteFind stories, videos, and photos about Families and Work Institute from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:09:34 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/HEALTH/10/24/workplace.decline.sick/tztop.mom.phone.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Families_and_Work_Institute14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Families and Work Institute from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/workplace.decline.sick/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/workplace.decline.sick/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmid 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.Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/07/30/flexible.options/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/07/30/flexible.options/index.html#cnnSTCTextJuggling 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.Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/07/30/cb.working.vaca/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/07/30/cb.working.vaca/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter months without a day off, it's official: You need a vacation. Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:40:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/28/money.worklife.balance/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/28/money.worklife.balance/index.html#cnnSTCTextEmployees 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. Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:54:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/06/25/pf/work_life_balance/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/06/25/pf/work_life_balance/index.htmEmployees 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.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:11:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/15/me.time.health/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/15/me.time.health/index.htmlA 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.Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:36:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/03/technology/fbvacations0803.biz2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/08/03/technology/fbvacations0803.biz2/index.htmWe've reached the balmy days of August, but for a growing number of workers chained to their jobs, it might as well be January.Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:31:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/08/pf/maternity_strategies/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/09/08/pf/maternity_strategies/index.htmWhile 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.Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:44:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/04/01/8254952/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2005/04/01/8254952/index.htmWhich 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 ...Fri, 01 Apr 2005 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/03/17/pf/jumpstart_0504/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/03/17/pf/jumpstart_0504/index.htmTomorrow 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.Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:07:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/07/09/306528/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/07/09/306528/index.htm25% "Brainstorming" ideas that improved a given process, according to a QualPro study of 471 process improvement experiments at 163 companies over the course of five years Mon, 09 Jul 2001 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/08/268503/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/08/268503/index.htmThe image of working parents as jugglers long ago entered the gallery of cultural cliches. We know that balancing work and family life produces stress and guilt, not to mention the uncomfortable co...Mon, 08 Nov 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/01/01/207648/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/01/01/207648/index.htmTHE REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES BENT on cutting entitlements and promoting self-reliance. Chances are your employer has joined the crowd too. In the past several years, you've no d...Mon, 01 Jan 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/02/01/201324/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/02/01/201324/index.htmMost days, Cincinnati science writer and biology teacher Chris Curran (left and above), 37, starts cooking dinner at seven-in the morning. With a full-time day job, a part-time night job and three ...Wed, 01 Feb 1995 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/25/79590/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/07/25/79590/index.htmStressed-out dads are coming out of the closet. According to James Levine, a director at New York's Families and Work Institute, parenting seminars offered by corporations used to be women-only for...Mon, 25 Jul 1994 04:01:00 EDT