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UK tech skills gap set to narrow as half of UK workers consider a career change

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November 4, 2020

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UK tech skills gap set to narrow as half of UK workers consider a career change

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by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Technology

New research from CWJobs claims the UK tech skills gap is set to narrow. Surveying over 2,000 professionals, comprising of 1,120 tech workers and 1,026 non-tech workers, the report suggests that over half (55 percent) of non-tech workers contemplating a career change have considered or have begun the process of moving into a tech-based role, with almost one in 10 (8 percent) having already made the move. (more…)

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New Framework to drive a healthier and more equitable built environment

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November 4, 2020

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New Framework to drive a healthier and more equitable built environment

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by Jayne Smith • Environment, News, Workplace design

After a multi-year global consultation, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) launches the Health & Wellbeing Framework — a comprehensive educational tool for a healthy and equitable built environment. With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing the link between the built environment and human health into focus, the Framework’s six principles span indoor air quality, human rights in the supply chain, climate change resilience and more. (more…)

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Government urged to give regions greater power over skills and employment

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November 3, 2020

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Government urged to give regions greater power over skills and employment

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by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Working culture, Working lives

The Government must give UK regional economies greater autonomy over skills and employment to develop grassroot recovery strategies – or risk levelling down the chances of millions, according to a new report published by City & Guilds Group. (more…)

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Employees are twice as motivated and productive if they’re resilient

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November 3, 2020

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Employees are twice as motivated and productive if they’re resilient

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by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives

Aon plc, has released new research that highlights the impact on employee motivation and productivity if they are resilient. The data, gained across five European countries, including the UK, claims that employees are nearly twice as likely to be motivated and therefore productive, if they are resilient. (more…)

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Third of fathers unaware of their flexible working rights

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November 2, 2020

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Third of fathers unaware of their flexible working rights

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by Neil Franklin • Flexible working, News

A new study in the British Sociological Association’s journal Work, Employment and Society has found that 10 percent of mothers and 30 percent of fathers do not know that they have the right to ask their employer to consider changes to how they work as part of flexible working regulations introduced as much as 17 years ago. (more…)

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Workers give over one thousand unpaid hours overtime a year to their employers

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November 2, 2020

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Workers give over one thousand unpaid hours overtime a year to their employers

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by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives

Millions of Brits give up more than a month of time each year by working additional unpaid hours, totalling five years overtime in their working life, according to new research by Hitachi Personal Finance. In a poll conducted for this year’s National Work Life Week, data suggests how much time Brits are spending working past their contracted hours and what else the nation could be doing with this time. (more…)

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Massive increase in numbers of self-employed people on universal credit

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November 2, 2020

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Massive increase in numbers of self-employed people on universal credit

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by Neil Franklin • Flexible working, News

A new report from IPSE (the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed) suggests that there has been a massive increase in the number of self-employed people on Universal Credit since 2019. (more…)

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Organisations shift attitudes on meeting costs of home office setup

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October 30, 2020

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Organisations shift attitudes on meeting costs of home office setup

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by Neil Franklin • Flexible working, News, Workplace design

Eighty-two percent of US based employers now believe the organisation should absorb the cost of a home office setup for employees that work from home full-time. This is a dramatic increase over those who did so before COVID-19. These and other findings from The Future of Home Office Cost Sharing survey from Global Workplace Analytics and Design Public Group, will lead to profound changes in how companies procure and distribute technology and furniture, budget for workplaces, attract and retain talent, and manage safety risk, according to the report’s authors. (more…)

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Trust from the boss outweighs all other factors for employee happiness

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October 30, 2020

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Trust from the boss outweighs all other factors for employee happiness

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by Jayne Smith • News, Working culture, Working lives

While some organisations have welcomed remote working with open arms, other employers have struggled to trust their employees to work autonomously with some even ramping up on surveillance to track exactly what their workforce is doing. This may however be problematic for organisations looking to attract and retain talent as, according to a recent report from UK-based tech-for-good developer, Culture Shift, almost all (93 percent) of Britain’s workforce say having an employer that trusts them is important for their overall happiness at work. (more…)

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Oslo tops list of cities with the best work-life balance

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October 29, 2020

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Oslo tops list of cities with the best work-life balance

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by Jayne Smith • Business, Flexible working, News, Working lives

Cloud-based access control company Kisi has released their 2020 work-life balance city index, highlighting how major cities from the 2019 edition have since been impacted by the global pandemic. While every city in the index suffered economic, social and structural consequences, the results of this year’s edition claim that having a safety net in place for workers made a large difference in how a city navigated the crisis. (more…)

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COVID-19 driving top talent migration to rural parts of UK

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October 28, 2020

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COVID-19 driving top talent migration to rural parts of UK

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by Jayne Smith • Business, News, Working lives

Over half (52 percent) of UK workers think we will see a “reverse brain drain” of talent migration away from big cities like London and Manchester towards regional areas as a result of COVID-19, according to latest research from the Adecco Group UK and Ireland. (more…)

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British Sugar HQ named best corporate office in England’s central region

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October 28, 2020

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British Sugar HQ named best corporate office in England’s central region

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by Jayne Smith • News, Workplace design

CPMG Architects is celebrating success after its designs for the British Sugar head office scooped the title of Corporate Office of the Year at the British Council for Offices (BCO) Midlands and Central England Awards last week. (more…)