A survey conducted for Telstra found a majority of small business owners and operators will be at work during the Christmas-New Year period.

The daily commute to work is stressing out Australian workers more than ever and technology is badly needed to improve things, according to a new study. Technology is needed to improve transport and traffic information, and to better enable working from home the report has found.

Australian office workers say they are working harder and longer, with many of them regularly taking work home. But there's a slight trade-off, with employers becoming more relaxed about the use of social networking tools at work.

A study conducted by researchers from Finland, the United Kingdom, and France found a relationship between working a lot of overtime hours and the likelihood of having heart problems. The study stresses the importance of balancing work and leisure.

In a 2009 research study performed at the University of Missouri, a U.S. researcher studied the experiences of female breadwinners and found that there are six key pluses and minuses in assuming the role of the primary income earner in the family.

According to a Finnish-led study on sleep, retired people were found to have far fewer sleep disturbances than people still in the work force--assuming, that is, retirement is not a financial problem for them.

According to research performed by researchers at the University of Toronto, people in positions of authority at work are at increased health risks for psychological and physical problems due to the stresses of being the boss.

A study by an Australian health care insurer and a health/medical research organization called "Stand Up Australia" found that most of the average workday is filled with sitting. Such a fixed, unmoving position is a contributor to poor health, and these companies want people to “Stand Up.”

While 87 percent of Australians teens and adults have used the Internet, almost half of the remainder are over 50.

How would you reward the author of not one, but two, worms which are released onto a hugely popular social networking site? The obvious answer is with a job, of course. Doh!