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Shift to a low carbon economy could create millions of jobs but risks widening global divides
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Stress accounts for a quarter of UK short term workplace absence
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Most people think work has a positive effect on their overall wellbeing
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Creativity improves company performance, claims new academic research
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Landfill tax will do nothing for the circular economy, trade body claims
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World’s business districts regain strength but face ongoing challenges
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Tony Attard named as new chair for British Furniture Confederation
May 21, 2013
Flexible working boosts employee satisfaction and lowers business costs
by Tim Clapham • Comment, Knowledge, Technology, Workplace
May 2013 played host to Work Wise Week, an initiative from Work Wise UK that aimed to promote and encourage smarter working practices to the benefit of businesses and employees. Cultural, economic and social changes are affecting attitudes to how we balance work and personal lives, and increasingly, mobility and technology is shifting away the need for the traditional 9-5 work patterns, replacing it with more flexible working practices. There are many benefits of flexible working and, as such, we are seeing more businesses starting to understand that forcing employees to work in an office does not guarantee productivity. (more…)