If you work overtime on a consistent basis, you have a higher change of contracting heart disease.
People working three or more hours overtime per day have a 60% greater chance of experiencing signs of coronary heart disease or even having a heart attack than those who do not, according to a new European research study.
The long-running study began in 1985 and included more than 10,000 government employees in London with seven-hour work day. No private sector employees were included and the researchers caution against generalizing their findings to wider population.
The association between long hours and heart problems was independent of potential health risks such as smoking or high cholesterol and after adjustment of factors such as sex, age, and occupational grade. Read this »
Reputation Institute, a private consulting firm, conducted almost 25,000 online interviews asking people about their opinions of products and services, workplace, innovation, governance, financial performance and leadership of the nation’s largest 150 companies, Forbes reports. Based on responses it assigned each company a score and ranked them.
Financial service companies and other big names like Toyota Motors are under public scrutiny this year, which opened opportunities for others. The companies at the top of this year’s list were mostly household names and food makers. Top ten companies are: Read this »
CareerCast, a jobs website conducted a research comparing 200 different positions across multiple industries, skill levels and salary ranges, using five key measurement criteria – stress, working environment, income, physical demands, and hiring outlook.
Let’s look at the results, the best and the worst jobs: Read this »
The U.S. Labor Department has announced a $2 million grant under the Veterans’ Workforce Investment Program to assist veterans by providing employment, training, and support services, as well as, credentialing and networking information in renewable and sustainable energy.
The program is intended to provide assistance in reintegrating eligible veterans into meaningful employment within the labor force and to stimulate the development of effective service delivery systems that will address the complex employability problems facing veterans.
Priority will be given to workforce development projects that focus on connecting veterans to career pathways and training programs that will prepare them for careers in any of the following seven categories defined in the Workforce Investment Act: Read this »
Reputation Institute, a private consulting firm, conducted almost 25,000 online interviews asking people about their opinions of products and services, workplace, innovation, governance, financial performance and leadership of the nation’s largest 150 companies, Forbes reports. Based on responses it assigned each company a score and ranked them.
CareerCast, a jobs website conducted a research comparing 200 different positions across multiple industries, skill levels and salary ranges, using five key measurement criteria – stress, working environment, income, physical demands, and hiring outlook.
The U.S. Labor Department has announced a $2 million grant under the Veterans’ Workforce Investment Program to assist veterans by providing employment, training, and support services, as well as, credentialing and networking information in renewable and sustainable energy.
