Ten years ago, I did what many only dreamed of at the time: I left my three-hour Bay Area commute behind, moved to Portland, Oregon, and started working remotely. I didn’t make the change because I ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As countries worldwide seek ways to offset declining birth rates, a widespread remote-work model could provide a sizable ...

Poor Americans will face new challenges to enroll, and states will have to build new bureaucracies. By Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff The authors are covering how new requirements will reshape ...

I was 16 years old when I got my first “real” job at a local Jack-in-the-Box. It was not a great gig, for sure, working over a hot grill and dealing with rude, demanding customers. But I was saved ...

Watching Severance on Apple TV+ got me thinking—why do we still treat work and life as two opposing forces? The show follows employees at a fictional biotechnology corporation that have undergone ...

Work psychologists Tina Armasu and Eleni Giannakoudi run the 'The Happy 9 to 5' blog. They shared tips for minimizing burnout and creating a healthy work/life balance. They include minimizing work ...

Six in ten employers admit they've fired at least one Gen Z worker within a month of hiring them. Every few decades, a new generation walks into work and gets blamed for breaking it—ambitious Boomers, ...

Some workers are getting remote exceptions from their managers — others are finding workarounds. Childcare needs and long commutes are pushing some workers to seek more work-from-home flexibility.

In the late 1980s, pioneering sociologist Arlene Kaplan Daniels coined the concept of “invisible work.” This concept focused primarily on the unpaid labor and “emotional work” performed by women in ...