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Language
English
Description
"For most of us, overwork is the new normal and rest is an afterthought. In our busy lives, rest is defined as the absence of work: late-night TV binges, hours spent trawling the internet, something to do once we've finished everything else on our to-do lists. But dismissing rest stifles our ability to think creatively and truly recharge. In Rest, Silicon Valley consultant Alex Pang argues that we can be more successful in all areas of our lives by...
Author
Publisher
Kogan Page Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"There are new flexible and independent working opportunities available in the gig economy for those brave enough to seize them. It is estimated that the number people involved with the gig economy will double in the next four years. New generation workers are realising that they can break the chains of corporate work and go at it alone. With flexible working hours, fluid work arrangements and technology that they can leverage to their advantage,...
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Exuberant, provocative, and as controversial as when it first appeared in 1880, Paul Lafargue{u2019}s The Right to Be Lazy is a call for the workers of the world to unit - and stop working so much! Lafargue, Karl Marx{u2019}s son-in-law (about whom Marx once said, 'If he is a Marxist, then I am clearly not') wrote his pamphlet on the virtues of laziness while in prison for giving a socialist speech. At once a timely argument for a three-hour workday...
Author
Publisher
Verso, an imprint of New Left Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As precarity and low pay become further embedded in the job market, at a time when work-related stress and exhaustion are endemic, it is clear that a new, radical approach to employment is required. This urgent and timely book shows what a shorter working week means in the context of capitalist economies and delves into the history of this idea as well as its political implications.
Author
Publisher
Villard
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Having more fun at work isn't a fantasy. It's a smart and savvy strategy to becoming a more creative, productive, and dynamic employee. Work Like Your Dog is an inspiring call to "come out and play" at work. Dogs seem to have endless energy and tackle tasks with enviable enthusiasm, and Matt Weinstein and Luke Barber believe that most people could take a course from their ca-nines. By learning to play more at their jobs, workers can "lick" difficult...
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Publisher
Basic Books, Hachette Book Groups
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Americans are overworked. After declining for a century through hard-fought labor movement victories, average annual work hours increased approximately 8 percent for all working adults from 1979 to 2016. In Worked Over, sociologist Jamie McCallum reveals how the battle over time on the job has been central to conflicts over capitalism from the beginning, how overwork is at the heart of the inequities and injustices in America's economy today, and...
Author
Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
This book looks at the effects of nonstandard work schedules on family functioning and shows how these schedules disrupt marriages and force families to cobble together complex child-care arrangements that should concern us all. The number of hours Americans work has received ample attention, but the issue of which hours-or days-Americans work has received much less scrutiny. This work provides a comprehensive overview of who works nonstandard schedules...
Series
Bulletin ; 2411
Publisher
The Bureau
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
"This bulletin presents monthly and annual average data on employment, hours and earnings in States and metropolitan areas by industry for selected industries for 1987-92."--p. iii.