Employers seeking to decrease interruptions may want to have their workers use instant messaging software, a new study suggests.

Those who suffer from common functional gastrointestinal disorders face work productivity losses and impairments in daily activity that amount to the loss of at least one day of work in a 40-hour workweek, according to a new study presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology.

New research from the University of Cincinnati suggests workers want more flexibility in their work schedules, but barriers in the workplace are keeping them quiet behind their cubicles, counters and assembly lines.

Organizations will be able for the first time to measure how well their members work together and gauge how to improve collaboration, using a new Collaboration Calculator introduced by Verizon Business.

The Labor Department says that first-quarter worker productivity grows at a rate lower than it was expected and employee costs are higher than initially were estimated.

Employers can blame hay fever for the loss of millions of hours of work productivity this spring.
A new study of nearly 600 people with hay fever symptoms, including sneezing, watery eyes and runny and itchy noses, found that workers missed an hour of work per week during peak hay fever season.