Monthly Archives: November 2011

You there, make sure you go home on time today

by Josh Fear
Work Issues — Nov 30, 2011

Today is national Go Home on Time Day, the one day of the year that you can work the hours you are paid for and no more – without feeling guilty. Since The Australia Institute first declared Go Home on Time Day in 2009, hundreds of thousands of workers have taken part. That working your…

Staying in touch through a parental-leave buddy program

by Leah Eichler
Career Issues, Working Moms — Nov 19, 2011 — 1

During her two maternity leaves, Tara Piurko maintained a lifeline to her hard-earned career as a lawyer in Toronto through an innovative buddy program run by her firm, McCarthy Tétrault LLP. Through the program, she and a selected work buddy regularly met for lunch, with her baby in tow. In weekly calls, Ms. Piurko received…

Work strategies: the win-win of tele-work

by Alan Kearns
Work Issues — Nov 16, 2011 — 1

What if you could do your work anywhere and anytime and still accomplish what your boss needed? Do you work in an environment founded on the idea that being present = productivity? I was invited to a client‘s Shabbat dinner, as an Irish Catholic, this was a wonderful cultural experience. I particularly enjoyed the unique…

The power of perpendicular thinking

by Ion Valaskakis
Inspiration — Nov 14, 2011 — 1

Do you know why we have a 40 hour work week? The answer might shock you. Its origins date to the Industrial Revolution (not the Internet Revolution – the industrial one). Back in the middle of the 18th century, it was common for people to work 72 hours a week. Then, the US Congress passed…