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A lot of folks have had the last few days (or even weeks, if you're lucky) off work. With that much time off, a lot of Casper businesses have been empty over the holiday season. Which brings up the question, what was the coldest place to be working indoors?

Chances are, you've been to Wyoming's largest employer recently. Chances are, you have to go again soon.

Wyoming State Penitentiary is a state maximum-security prison for men in Rawlins, Wyoming. It opened in 1980 and housed about 500 medium-security prisoners but has since seen a growth in inmates to about 665. The number of guards has not kept pace...

iStockphotoIf you’re being bullied at work, you don’t have to just take it.

Work can be stressful.  The other day I was doing my normal routine, as usual, and things started going wrong.  Mistakes were being made, problems were piling up all around me, and I was doing my best to keep up.  The day was dragging on and it was starting to really stress me out, then i woke up.  I was at home in my bed.  PHEW!  It was all dream!  I was relieved until I realized that I had to ge

I've said before that "connectivity is the downfall of productivity", and I still believe that to be true for us that do the work, but for your employer it means they are getting up to 30 extra work days from you every year.

These days, it’s not uncommon for employees to stay at their desks during their lunch hours and eat their midday meals while they continue to work. But is that really the best use of their time?

You probably already know about existing employee monitoring software that can capture your keystrokes or screenshots or track which websites you visit while on the clock — but a new patent idea from Microsoft would take workplace surveillance one step further with software that can actually analyze human behavior.