July 22, 2021
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
European Commission adopts ambitious Green Deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions
by Neil Franklin • Environment, News

The European Commission adopted a package of proposals to make the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. The Commission claims that achieving these emission reductions in the next decade is crucial to Europe becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and making the European Green Deal a reality. (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 16, 2021
Firms who prioritise working culture enjoy better financial performance
by Neil Franklin • News, Wellbeing, Working culture
Heidrick and Struggles has released the results of a new global CEO study Aligning Culture with the Bottom Line: How Companies Can Accelerate Progress which found that intentionally building a company’s working culture can impact the company’s financial performance in a number of ways. The survey of 500 CEOs across nine countries examines how working culture propels organisational performance in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Spain, the UK and the USA. (more…)






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