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10 Ways to Unwind After Work
Find it tough to wind down after a demanding workday? Try these 10 strategies for shifting from office to home mode: (view list)

Beating Job Burnout, Part I
Most people have a day here or there when they feel drained and nothing goes right, despite all their hard work. But when these feelings last for days or weeks, they may indicate a much larger problem: Job burnout. (full story)

Beating Job Burnout, Part II
In part one, we discussed how to know if you have job burnout -- an ailment common to workers in the healthcare industry. This part of the article will discuss tips to beat burnout in the workplace.

One of the best ways to defeat burnout is to make your job more enjoyable. "That's impossible," you say. Maybe hard, but not impossible. Sometimes you just have to change how you think. (full story

Guard your Social Security Number!
A Thief Can Use it to Steal Your Good Name
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Identity theft costs consumers millions of dollars every year, and a Social Security number is the key to many of the crimes, experts say. The problem is that people often don’t realize they’ve been victimized until after it’s too late, when their credit is destroyed. It can take months, even years, to straighten it out. In some cases, victims can’t wipe away all of the damage. (full story)

Protecting Workers from Ergonomic Injuries
OSHA's comprehensive plan features targeted guidelines
and tough enforcement.
OSHA's recently unveiled ergonomics plan offers a comprehensive, practical approach to reducing ergonomic injuries that, according to OSHA Administrator John L. Henshaw, "we can put to work now-and that will reduce injuries now." The plan combines industry-specific guidelines, tough enforcement measures, outreach, research… (full story)