The joy and relief of saying no: how I learned to stop worrying and turn people down
At first, saying yes to everything was a boon to my social life and my career. Then my workload started to get out of hand and I became racked with guilt
The price of driving down care home costs? Staff who quit after a few weeks
Making money out of the sick, feeble and helpless means treating them and their care workers like rubbish. No wonder turnover is so high
What are the perfect office hours for our body clocks?
Two-thirds of people in Britain say they would prefer an earlier start and finish to the working day, but for many it might be better to opt for later hours
Men in UK enjoy more leisure time than women, study shows
ONS survey reveals men take an average of 40 minutes more than women, with mass media people’s main indulgence
‘Don’t be ashamed’ – readers’ tips for improving mental health at work
From mindful meditation to changing jobs, readers share their tips on dealing with mental health problems at work
Japanese woman ‘dies from overwork’ after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month
Fate of media worker Miwa Sado, 31, piles pressure on authorities to address large number of deaths linked to labour practices
Do yoga, work harder: how productivity co-opted relaxation
Holidays, procrastination and drug-taking were once ways to escape work. Now leisure has been reappropriated to aid work. So is anything actually considered unproductive nowadays?
How yoga and meditation can help social care workers deal with trauma
Dedicating time to improving workers’ wellbeing, through meditative and mindful practices, could vastly benefit patient care
‘People want a family, a social life’: the part-time working revolution
From doctors to teachers, millennials to older women, more than half of us now work flexibly. But is it a lifestyle choice, or a way to deal with increasing stress?
Crushing morale, killing productivity – why do offices put up with meetings?
There’s no proof that organisations benefit from the endless cycle of meetings, but we are addicted to them, writes the Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins