The Senate passed a historic measure on Tuesday that would fund paid family and medical leave for federal employees, marking a win for a policy pushed by Ivanka Trump, a senior White House adviser and daughter of President Donald Trump.
The House of Representatives passed an annual defense authorization bill on Wednesday with a provision that provides all federal workers with 12 weeks of paid parental leave for the first time in American history.
Lawmakers are close to reaching a deal on the annual defense authorization bill that for the first time will include paid family leave for federal workers.
Attorneys for the two prison guards charged Tuesday in relation to Jeffrey Epstein's death have sought to shift blame from their clients to broader problems with the prison.
A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a recent trial at Microsoft suggest it could work even for the biggest businesses.
It turns out that overworking your brain with either physical or mental exercise may lower your ability to delay self-gratification. And that may set you up for poor choices in your eating habits, self-care and finances.
High-level executives with children have a few advantages over other working parents: They make more money, which makes childcare easier to afford.
If you live in Washington D.C., Houston or Atlanta, it might be time to take a vacation.
With the unemployment rate lingering near a 50-year low, employers are competing hard to recruit and retain talent.
Wang Shichang works 12 hours a day, often for six days a week. The newlywed is so busy he says he barely has time for his wife.
Japan's deputy prime minister has come under fire after apparently blaming childless women for Japan's demographic woes.
When Katsunori and Kaori Osaka had their first child, they were living in a cramped apartment in Nagoya, a city of more than 2 million people in central Japan.
Younger women are working longer hours and earning more than ever before. But they're still carrying more of the burden at home.
Europeans crave a balance between life and work, and they're hoping to get their fix at tech companies and carmakers.
Former first lady Michelle Obama reportedly offered a pointed opinion of work-life balance and marriage equality for women, saying that the idea that women can have it all is untrue because "that s--- doesn't work all the time."
It takes Park Hyun-suk, a widow who lost her husband to gwarosa -- the Korean word for death by overwork -- a long time to find a photo of them together.
Summer Fridays are nothing new.
Arianna Huffington is one of the most influential women in media, but today she defines herself as a wellness guru and a so-called "sleep evangelist."
