July 22, 2021
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July 22, 2021
Hybrid working poses challenges of culture, morale and training
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working culture
As increasing numbers of companies offer post-pandemic hybrid working for employees, the challenges it poses to maintaining culture, morale, effective training and staff loyalty have been disclosed in a new survey of senior executives. More →
July 21, 2021
UK workers hesitant to return to the office
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing, Working lives
New research commissioned by Kadence claims that despite restrictions being lifted, office workers in the UK are resistant to a full-time office return. The survey of 1,500 UK and US office workers claims that over half of British workers (55 percent) still expect to spend fewer days in the office per week, with more than a third wanting to come and go as they please (35 percent). More →
July 21, 2021
British Safety Council launches updated Five Star Audit specifications for 2021
by Jayne Smith • News
The British Safety Council has revised and updated their Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit. It now places greater emphasis on assessing how effectively an organisation manages the combined risks to workers’ health and wellbeing, as well as business resilience and recovery. More →
July 20, 2021
Employees urge workplaces to focus on mental health as world reopens
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working culture
Access to workplace counsellors, mental health training and support groups are topping the charts on what workers want on their return to the office, according to new research by CERT Property. More →
July 19, 2021
Over two thirds of office workers dread speaking to their IT department
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Technology, Working lives
Research by Velocity Smart Technology, investigating how IT departments are coping with a move to remote working, claims that almost half (45 percent) of office workers have had to wait longer for an issue to be resolved whilst working from home – with 73 percent going on to say they have had to wait up to an extra five hours for an issue to be fixed. More →
July 19, 2021
British workers have picked up at least two new career driven rituals during lockdown
by Jayne Smith • News, Working lives
Additional time on people’s hands as a result of the pandemic has prompted the average British worker to pick up a range of good habits for their careers, according to a new study by Hitachi Capital Business Finance. More →
July 19, 2021
Employee productivity damaged by notification overload and urgent demands
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
More than two-thirds (68 percent) of employees in the UK have admitted they get so many distractions and message notifications during work that it’s affecting their productivity. This is according to new research from Advanced which also claims 22 percent have so many distractions that their working day is never spent fully on actual work. More →
July 14, 2021
A fifth of staff do not know how their employer supports them in ill-health
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working culture
A fifth (19 percent) of employees do not know how their employer would support them if they were absent through ill-health or injury, 16 percent think that their employer provides no support and nine percent said they would only receive Statutory Sick Pay of £96.35 per week. This is according to new research from GRiD, the industry body for the group risk protection sector. More →