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You've probably seen the headlines about March Madness, and how employers are faced with dilemmas about whether to ban basketball-watching and bracket-checking at the office or just let it slide. People are gonna check scores anyway right?  I mean we've got our smart phones.  Seems like a losing battle.  Linkedin says bosses should go ahead and embrace the Madness.

If you work at this Lufkin business, you work at one of the Top 10 places to work in the US.

Sometimes, honesty is not the best policy. A new poll of 3,100 employees and 2,200 hiring managers has come up with the most absurd reasons people have actually used for calling in sick.

What if you could work less than eight hours a day, and still get the same amount accomplished, or even more? Here's the secret.

Pizza would normally be my favorite comfort food. Do you have one? Mac and cheese? Peach cobbler with vanilla ice cream?

Amazeballs.  What in the heck is that anyway?  Who started it?  It’s on the list of words we should stop saying at work. Good! What else?

A company with headquarters in East Texas has been given a big award. The bank was named one of the "2014 Best Companies to Work for in Texas" after being pitted against several other companies across the state.

LinkedIn thinks it would be a good idea for our parents to come to work with us one day in November, because most of the time Mom and Dad don't have a clue what their sons and daughters do for a living. LinkedIn has introduced "Take a Parent to Work Day."  Is this a good idea?

A new chart from Statista shows about 1 in 5 people cannot access Facebook at work. Employers are blocking the site as a way of boosting productivity, because if there is no Facebook at work there is more time to make phone calls, file papers, put together presentations, and do the things that every good worker should do. Facebook is the top site that's blocked, but employers are also blocking Lin

Office desks used to be so simple.  Workers just needed a few folders and some drawers to shove things in, and they were all set for the day.  Now we've got computers and mp3 players and all sorts of new-fangled things sitting atop the desk. Now, some desks even come with treadmills! As people look for ways to burn calories while stuck at work for eight hours a day, desk manufacturers are trying t

Look around the office today.  Do you see lots and lots of beautiful people?  If not, first of all don't say it out loud that you've made this observation.  And second, your office might be out of the norm. Gosh, is work really a beauty contest?  It turns out, people seen as attractive are hired more often than those seen as ugly.  How do we know for sure?

Much of the first part of this week will not be spent concentrating hard on deadlines and meetings at the office.  Instead, big chunks of time will be spent online, filling out brackets for the NCAA tournament. It's not just a guy thing....many women are on board with the bracketology at the office, and some bosses even say it's cool with them!  One in five bosses say March Madness boosts office m