July 15, 2021
New research from beauty company 
July 13, 2021
The office is everywhere and nowhere, baby
Workplace Insight and IN Magazine publisher Mark Eltringham recently took part in a lively episode of the Nowhere Office podcast with Julia Hobsbawn, Stefan Stern and Joanna Swash. They considered the current nature of work, what long term changes we can expect to emerge now and the role of working culture in providing a great experience for everybody, whoever and wherever they are – and whenever they might work. (more…)
July 8, 2021
How your boss could be spying on you with monitoring software
A recent study by StandOut CV claims that one in five companies are actively using (or intend to use) employee monitoring software, with the figure expected to grow as more firms look to offer or make remote working a standard offering. (more…)
July 7, 2021
One fifth of UK workers do not intend to commute again post pandemic
As employees across the UK are to set to embark on their return to the workplace following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, new research by Kura, claims that commuters are reluctant to return to the office in the coming months, mainly due to increased concern over infection control and social distancing on the daily commute. (more…)
July 1, 2021
Half a million employees could be made to return to the office before they’re ready
More than a half a million UK employees could be made to return to their normal workplaces before they are comfortable doing so, according to new research from Benenden Health. (more…)
The 
June 30, 2021
Employees consider leaving jobs if health and sustainability expectations go unmet
Returning to the office is causing a growing rift between workers and managers according to a new report from NEXT Energy Technologies, Inc. The report claims most employees (74 percent) are willing to leave their jobs if existential issues like health and sustainability are not adequately addressed in the workplace. (more…)
June 30, 2021
The new era of flexible working and knowing when to lie flat
When people first started working from home in large numbers for the first time in the Spring of 2020, one of the most talked about issues was how the productivity of most stayed the same or improved. This shouldn’t have been that surprising given all that we have learned about remote and flexible working over the years, but it certainly drove the debate for a while. (more…)
June 29, 2021
Insecure income, boredom and physical health impacted employee wellbeing most in lockdown
Having an insecure financial situation, being bored in both work and free time, and worsening physical health were the biggest factors affecting employee’s wellbeing, during the first covid-19 lockdown, according to new research from emlyon business school. (more…)
June 25, 2021
Gen Z reject ‘right to work from home’ proposal
Amid news that the UK government is mulling plans to grant Brits the right to work from home permanently, a new 
June 25, 2021
UK employees working £4.2 billion unpaid overtime every week
The amount of unpaid overtime that workers around the world are doing has soared in the past year; unpaid overtime in the UK has steadily risen from six hours in 2019 to seven hours in 2020 in the advent of COVID-19, to almost eight hours in 2021, claims a new study by the ADP Research Institute, People at Work 2021: A Global Workforce View. (more…)
July 6, 2021
Setting out the known unknowns about work
by Will Easton • Comment, Flexible working, Workplace design