Health

June 10, 2022

70 UK Companies Make the Move to a Four-Day Workweek Without Cutting Pay

It's an exciting time for the future of work. The Great Resignation in the U.S. showed that workers who want better pay, work-life balance, and more opportunities are willing to take action. Data from research conducted on the shifts to remote work during the pandemic is showing that workers from a wide range of industries produce better outcomes while working “smarter, not harder.

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May 16, 2022

Study Finds That Remote Workers Are Equally as Productive as Those in the Office

Working remotely comes with some compelling benefits, namely the freedom to choose where to work, when to work, and the chance to spend more time with loved ones. But, having all that freedom, are employees working remotely as productive as those in the office? Good news for fans of remote work: a Texas A&M study recently found that the answer to that is a resounding yes.

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March 31, 2022

Researchers Discover That Your Brain’s Mental Speed Doesn’t Decline Until Your 60s

Aging is natural, but it can inspire a level of anxiety. Will one's health decline? Will mental acuity slip? While every person will age differently, scientific studies have shown that metabolism does not drastically decline until after age 60. Now, a study by psychologists at Heidelberg University and published in Nature Human Behaviour suggests that cognitive processing speeds, or mental speeds, are similarly maintained until about age 60.

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