Employment

There was once a time when working class Americans took full advantage of an actual outside the office lunch break. Those days seem to be long gone.

NY Times best selling author Laura Schroff (:An Invisible Thread") and Marvin Taylor from The Spinners guest on The Tom Sumner Program Tuesday August 14 beginning at 6 p.m.

ometimes, nothing can be more difficult than trying to find a positive balance between work and life. Let’s face it, some of the Scrooge-like employers out there can make it harder than others.

Having trouble getting things done at work or staying focused on the task at hand? Fire up your iPod.

It’s pretty well known that smoking, a poor diet and a lack of exercise can all have a negative impact on your health — but did you know they can affect your work performance, too?

Between falling stock prices, continued privacy concerns and an admission that a good chunk of its profiles are fake, Facebook has had a rough few months. But before you drop your Facebook account, consider this: employers may view potential hires who aren’t on the social network as suspicious.

For the past couple years, many American workers have been putting in longer hours to help cover the productivity gap left by the massive layoffs that took place after the recession hit. Now maybe they’ll be seeing some rewards for all that hard work — a new survey shows a lot of companies will be handing out bigger raises in 2013 than they have in recent years.

If you feel older than your years, maybe your job is to blame. New research proves stress at work could actually make your cells age at an accelerated rate.

If you’re working overtime and aren’t getting the pay required by law, you’re part of a growing number of Americans who are now filing wage complaints against their employers under the Fair Labor Standard Act.

Smoking is banned in a lot of places, since people don’t want to breathe in the fumes. But to fire someone from their job for smelling like smoke seems a bit excessive, no? Turns out it’s a loaded argument.