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Updated: We need to acknowledge the role privilege plays in the ways we talk about work
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UK public sector appears to be phasing out remote and hybrid working
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Workplace as a third space: why good coffee and good WiFi still matter
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Public sector productivity gap costs UK economy eighty billion pounds a year
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UK office take-up reaches highest level in three years
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Family problems can also undermine leaders at work
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Where are the iconic office furniture products of yesterday?
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…)