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Houston tax attorney David Shoemaker doesn't want to wait around for retirement. Instead, he has opted for a job that gives him three months off each year so he can enjoy life now. Here's how he traded his future retirement for quality of life today.

Recession-weary workers may finally get some encouraging news: Private-sector annual wages will improve in the coming months, albeit modestly, according to data compiled by BNA, publisher of Daily Labor Report.

After falling for three straight months, unemployment rates rose in most U.S. metropolitan areas in June. Is this growing joblessness more evidence of a double-dip recession?

A growing list of companies have jumped on the "happiness coaching" bandwagon. To its practitioners, it is a proven method that can lead to changed lives. But to its detractors, its just another gimmick for squeeze more work out of dispirited employees.

Perhaps you've heard the one about the guy who sent a single "tweet" and got a job? It's pretty entertaining, but it's no joke. Freelance graphic designer Hal Thomas did just that in response to an ad posted by BFG Communications. The ad requested job candidates apply for the position with one...

For the 138 million Americans who still have jobs, the recession is changing the way they work. Work furloughs are common, pay cuts are mandated to save jobs from being eliminated, four-day work weeks are gaining popularity, and companies are cutting benefits such as matching 401(k)...

How much would it take for you to quit your job and just "enjoy life"? For Andrew Lahde, hedge fund manager extraordinaire, it was somewhere in the "eight figures" but still "small" compared to the aspiration of his financially-high-flying compatriots. But his message speaks to everyone (even me,...

I just got done reading an email from a blogger on another site for which I write. She has her own business and consults with a non-profit organization for about 20 hours a month. The organization wants to "bring her in house." What does that mean? She works more and gets paid less.The organization...

We're working too hard.That's the conclusion that is coming from some quarters. For instance, ABC News recently had a little conflict with a union, the Writers Guild, East, when the company said that three new writers wouldn't be compensated for checking their office-issued BlackBerries after...

My boss has approved the purchase of Blackberry phones for the entire group. We all need to be accessible anywhere; and late at night as our remote team bounces through its family and social life, emails fly back and forth. There's a big uptick after kids are put to bed, and another blast right...