Category
page 1Work–life balance

karōshi
thumb|upright=1.34|A "No More Karoshi" protest in Tokyo, 2018
thumb|500px|Deaths due to long working hours per 100,000 people in 2016 (15+)
thumb|right|500px|Average annual hours actually worked per worker in OECD countries from 1970 to 2020
, which can be translated into 'overwork death', is a Japanese term relating to occupation-related sudden death.
simple living
practices that promote simplicity in one's lifestyle; common practices of simple living include reducing the number of possessions one owns, depending less on technology and services, and spending less money
work–life balance
equilibrium of personal life, professional life and family life
downshifting
trend in social behavior
four-day workweek
system in which students or workers are expected to work four days a week
flextime
Flextime, also spelled flex-time or flexitime (BE), is a flexible hours schedule that allows workers to alter their workday and adjust their start and finish times. In contrast to traditional work arrangements that require employees to work a standard 9a.m. to 5p.m. day, Flextime typically involves a "core" period of the day during which employees are required to be at work (e.g., between 11a.m. and 3p.m.), and a "bandwidth" period within which all required hours must be worked (e.g., between 5:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.). The working day outside of the core period is "flexible time", in
presenteeism
Presenteeism or working while sick is the act or culture of employees continuing to work as a performative measure, despite having reduced productivity levels or negative consequences. Reduced productivity during presenteeism is often due to illness, injury, exhaustion, or other conditions, but presenteeism can also describe working while contagiously sick, which has the added risk of creating a workplace epidemic.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
proverb suggesting that lack of free time encourages lack of spirit
Right to leisure
economic, social and cultural right
Chief Happiness Officer
manager of worker's happiness
neijuan
Neijuan ( IPA: ) is the Chinese calque of the English word involution. Neijuan is written with two characters which mean 'inside' and 'rolling'. Neijuan describes that an uneven distribution of social, economic, and educational resources and ongoing economic malaise, especially in terms of higher education bodies and labor markets, has disseminated to nearly all walks of life in mainland China in the early 21st century. Neijuan reflects a life of being overworked, stressed, anxious and feeling trapped, a lifestyle where many face the negative effects of living a very competitive life for nothi