Archive for May, 2014
Green office buildings don’t necessarily promote worker happiness
Working in a green office doesn’t necessarily boost employee happiness, according to a recent study reported on by ArchDaily. The study suggests that while employees are “generally satisfied” working in LEED buildings, their happiness isn’t any greater than those employees’ who work in non-LEED buildings. (LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, […]
Polling place access for the disabled to be improved in New York
Disabled New Yorkers may soon have improved access to polling places. In a lower court decision, a judge had ordered changes at New York City polling locations, according to the Connecticut Post. Last week, a federal appeals court agreed unanimously with that judge’s decision. The written decision, enacted by Manhattan’s 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of […]
Wayfinding: The destination list
Developing a useful and logical wayfinding system starts with a very basic concept that is often overlooked: establishing a destination list. The destination list is key to helping people find what it is you’re offering, and the importance of consistency cannot be stressed enough. And when striving for consistency, knowing correct naming conventions is key. […]
Employees too guilty to take breaks at work, new survey says
Despite the majority of workers spending more than eight hours on the job each day, over 25 percent of employees don’t take a break other than lunch. Their excuse? A new survey from Staples, reports Yahoo Finance, reveals that one in five of those employees surveyed say that guilt prevents them from taking breaks at […]
“Lunch hour” becoming a misnomer in America
A report from MarketWatch declares the decline of the “lunch hour,” a phenomenon we all know to be true. But the report also highlights the new services that cater to the time-starved employees who want to do more with the limited time they have and are profiting from this trend. Employees are forsaking their already truncated […]
