Take Back Your Time

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Happiness: We Still Need a Vacation Law

John de Graaf

December 13, 2019

New legislation in New York City increases the hope of paid vacation time in the United States. Why aren’t the Democratic presidential candidates paying attention?

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Education

National Take Back Your Time Conference at Seattle University August 25-27

PR for People Team

August 17, 2016

The Take Back Your Time movement, of which John de Graaf is a co-founder, has been working for many of these things for 14 years, hoping to bring the United States into the 21st Century as it is experienced in most wealthy countries. We will be discussing many of these issues at our Time Matters: National Take Back Your...

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Politics

Changing The Rules Of Work

John de Graaf

June 15, 2016

Though it was far from front-page news, the Obama administration’s Labor Department action this month on overtime pay may be one of the most significant of his entire presidency.

Prior to the new rules change, employees earning more than $23,500 a year (a salary close to the poverty level) could be re-classified as managers, allowing their employers to avoid paying them the time-and-a-half overtime premium, or even paying them...

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World Views

Well-Being and Happiness

John de Graaf

January 09, 2016

WELL-BEING AND HAPPINESS—AN ATTEMPT AT DEFINITIONS

These days, there seems to be a growing consensus that the old measurements that nations have used to evaluate economic success—most notably, the Gross Domestic Product—are blunt swords which tell us little about quality of life. Around the world, many countries are looking for new metrics. In October, I joined 1400 people from 60 countries at the OECD’s annual Measuring Well-...