Aline Mendelsohn
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GIMME A BREAK!
August 11, 2008 | 8:37amIn France, every employee - from bricklayer to civil servant, and right down to the lowliest pot-scrubbing plongeur - is entitled to 30 paid vacation days every year. Throughout Scandinavia,...
LETTING THEIR PEOPLE GO
August 11, 2008 | 8:37amWhile American employers may not be the world's most generous when it comes to vacation, some are going in the opposite direction - letting their workers take unlimited time off....
GIVE 'EM WELL!
June 16, 2008 | 7:36amDUring his busy season, Roberto Bolanos works at least 10 hours a day. Sometimes, he'll spend as many as 16 hours in the office. Bolanos, a senior audit manager at...
THE OM OFFICE
March 31, 2008 | 7:45amIN a conference room at Yahoo!'s Midtown headquarters, a group of marketing and research staffers have gathered for a Friday afternoon meeting. But nobody is bemoaning the bottom line, stealing...
PRESSURE DROP
March 31, 2008 | 7:45amIF ever a city needed to relax, it's New York, says executive meditation coach Mark Thornton, an Australia native who's worked around the globe. But the good news is that...