How To Calculate Hourly Rate From Salary

Here’s how to calculate hourly rate from salary. Since you and I learn in different ways, I provided a few different resources to make the calculation. Use the links below to jump to a section of the article that helps you the most: Formula To Calculate Hourly Rate From Salary Want to quickly figure out how to calculate your hourly rate from annual salary? Here’s…

75 Companies That Offer Paid Sabbaticals (Sep 2023)

This post was written on March 23, 2022. We updated the research and post on January 19, 2023. Then, we updated the post again on May 3, 2023 and June 1, 2023. Sabbaticals (or extended breaks from work) lead to “a decline in stress and an increase in psychological resources and overall well-being,” according to one study, and the “positive changes often remained long after…

How Many Hours Am I Working? (Calculator)

We’ve built two calculators to help you answer the question, “How many hours am I working?” In the first calculator, you’ll enter a start and end date to determine all of your work hours in between. Use this to answer the question, “How many hours have I worked?” on a standard schedule across multiple weeks or months. Click here to jump to the work hours…

The Library Of Employee Benefits: 116 Types

Are you looking to change or improve the employee benefits package you offer? We’ve built the ultimate library of inspiration for HR professionals.  In this report, we researched and discovered 116 types of employee benefits that real companies offer. These range from the staples (like “health insurance”) to the wacky (like an “on-site car wash”) to the life-altering (like the “four-day work week”). The list…

119 Companies With The Best Maternity Leave (Sep 2023)

Maternity leave benefits provided to new mothers are constantly changing. While it is generally accepted that a mother should have time off to recover from birth and bond with her baby, there is no standardized, country-wide leave. The impetus is then on employers to provide something; many of them do, offering varying levels of pay and time off before and after a baby arrives. Over…

Working Days & Hours For Each Month In 2023

It’s planning time and you need some solid data about the 2023 work year: How many working days are in 2023? How about by month? How many work hours are in each month? We’ve compiled everything you need to know about the 2023 work calendar based on the standard 40-hour week. If you’re in a hurry, here are the important takeaways from the 2023 work…

40 Companies That Donate To Nonprofits (2023)

There are many compelling reasons for companies to donate to nonprofits and charities. Let’s start with the genuine benefits: Companies can turn excess profit into good by donating to charities Companies can support their employees’ volunteer work and charitable contributions through matching It gives employees a sense of purpose in addition to their work There are also positive albeit slightly more cynical, self-serving reasons, too:…

Flexible Work Schedule: How To Implement & Policy Examples

In this report, we cover flexible work schedules in depth for managers at companies who are considering a change from the traditional work week. Starting with Ford Motor Company in 1926, factory workers operated on one of three, eight-hour shifts per day. Assembly lines required synchronous work where all employees worked at the same time. Knowledge work (or, desk jobs) defaulted to the same schedule…

Sleep, Work, & The 4-Day Week With Dr. Dale Whelehan [VIDEO]

I’m joined today by Dr. Dale Whelehan who is the CEO at 4 Day Week Global. Dale is also a lecturer at the Graduate business school of University College Dublin and the founder of BehaviorDoc. Early in his career, Dale completed a PhD in behavior science focusing on the impact of sleep deprivation and fatigue on surgeons. 4 Day Week Global is a non-profit that…

22 Companies With The Best Work-Life Balance (2023)

This post was written in May of 2022. It was updated in February of 2023 to highlight this year’s companies with the best work-life balance. It was updated again in September of 2023 for formatting and information (the 2023 winners were not changed). A list of companies with the best work-life balance usually comes out biased. Best is subjective, after all. I didn’t want to…