﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>worker efficiency news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more worker efficiency stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/11779/worker-efficiency.html</link><image><url>http://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gif</url><title>worker efficiency news stories on Newser</title><link>http://www.newser.com/</link></image><copyright>2012 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 08:30:48 CDT</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/33822/big-brother-boss-turns-eye-on-home-workers.html</guid><title>Big Brother Boss Turns Eye on Home Workers</title><dc:creator>Jonas Oransky</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=123877&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401005555' border='0' /&gt;Think working out of a home office means wearing your jammies and watching YouTube? Not unless you want the boss to see what you watch in your Mickey Mouse PJs. As telecommuting rises, employers are tracking their workers by taking screen snapshots, recording keystrokes, and even taking pictures of workers...</description><media:content url="http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=123877&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401005555" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">Keyboard</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/33822/big-brother-boss-turns-eye-on-home-workers.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:50:39 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/29623/its-not-my-fault-i-was-only-late-because.html</guid><title>It's Not My Fault! I Was Only Late Because...</title><dc:creator>Kate Rockwood</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=111428&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20111031140340' border='0' /&gt;Not a morning person? You’re not alone. More than 15 percent of people are late to work at least once a week, reports CNN, and almost a quarter of those give an excuse rather than tell the truth. The best (and, at the same time, worst) excuses offered up as...</description><media:content url="http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=111428&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20111031140340" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">More than 15 percent of people are late to work at least once a week, according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com.</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/29623/its-not-my-fault-i-was-only-late-because.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:32:31 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/7086/stocks-rise-as-traders-find-signs-for-optimism.html</guid><title>Stocks Rise as Traders Find Signs for Optimism</title><dc:creator>Caroline Zimmerman</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=25234&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401032344' border='0' /&gt;US stocks rose today, Bloomberg reports, boosted by news that back-to-school and luxury shopping outpaced forecasts, along with a spike in worker productivity and a slowdown in labor costs. The Dow climbed 57.88 to 13,363.35. The Nasdaq gained 8.37 to finish at 2,614.32, and...</description><media:content url="http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=25234&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401032344" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">William Brazer of Van der Moolen Specialists is framed by monitors on  the floor of  the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007, in New York. Stocks fell sharply as a jittery Wall Street sold off on a report showing a large drop in pending home sales and read anecdotal data from the Federal Reserve's regional banks as offering little more assurance that an interest rate cut is likely. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/7086/stocks-rise-as-traders-find-signs-for-optimism.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:52:59 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
