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Employers shift focus to wellbeing and employee benefits

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January 16, 2020

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Employers shift focus to wellbeing and employee benefits

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by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing

New research from Aon claims that employers have increased their strategic focus on both emotional and financial wellbeing programmes, while physical wellbeing programmes have remained largely static. Aon’s UK Benefits & Trends 2020 Survey (registration) shows that 51 percent of employers now have financial wellbeing strategies in place, up from 21 percent three years ago, while 68 percent have emotional wellbeing strategies, up from 41 percent. These were the least developed pillars of employee wellbeing when Aon asked organisations in its 2017 UK Health Survey. (more…)

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Business ethics and morality have their limitations, new analysis suggests

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January 16, 2020

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Business ethics and morality have their limitations, new analysis suggests

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by Jayne Smith • Business, News

Morality has its limitations in the business domain, according to a new analysis of available research by Dr Hannes Leroy from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) Erasmus University and his co-authors. This is despite the fact that there is a widespread belief that morality and business ethics matter in the way organisations act, although there is also a concomitant belief that there is a general lack of attention to morality in the world of leadership. This appears to be true regardless of industry, firm size, or the status and level of a leader in a company. (more…)

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HR leaders feel completely unprepared for the future of work

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January 16, 2020

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HR leaders feel completely unprepared for the future of work

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by Neil Franklin • News, Workplace

Most chief people officers (CPOs) in the US realise they need new skills to meet the demand of the 21st century role, but few are prepared, citing a lack of development and investment from the C-suite, meaning they feel unprepared for the future of work. This is according to a new study by HR People + Strategy (SHRM’s Executive Network of business and thought leaders in human resources) and with Willis Towers Watson, a global advisory, broking and solutions company. The study, based on direct input from more than 500 executives, examined the key changes shaping the CPO role and identifies a pathway for developing and accelerating this next generation of HR leaders. (more…)

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Energy demand in offices should be cut by 60 percent, report claims

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January 15, 2020

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Energy demand in offices should be cut by 60 percent, report claims

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by Jayne Smith • Environment, Facilities management, News

Following a consultation exercise with industry and an analysis of the projected zero carbon energy capacity of the UK, UKGBC is recommending that the offices sector should reduce energy demand by an average of 60 percent by 2050 to help the UK achieve net zero. (more…)

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Workers value comfort and functionality over quirky office design

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January 15, 2020

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Workers value comfort and functionality over quirky office design

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by Neil Franklin • News, Wellbeing, Workplace design

Employees value physical office design features and amenities that offer them a greater deal of comfort and functionality in the workplace. They especially favour outdoor views, natural light and on-site food services, according to a new report from CBRE based on a survey of 1,600 North American office users. (more…)

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Disconnect between HR and finance is key to productivity puzzle

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January 15, 2020

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Disconnect between HR and finance is key to productivity puzzle

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by Neil Franklin • News, Workplace

A continued disconnect between HR, Finance and business leaders is an important driver of the UK’s enduring low productivity levels, a new report claims. The research commissioned by OrgVue, claims that if better organisational planning was adopted by UK organisations, GDP could be boosted by £10.4 billion due to improved productivity. (more…)

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Renewable energy should make up half of all supply by 2030

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January 15, 2020

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Renewable energy should make up half of all supply by 2030

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by Jayne Smith • Environment, News

The share of renewables in global power should more than double by 2030 as part of a ‘decade of action’ to advance global energy transformation, achieve sustainable development goals and a pathway to climate safety, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable electricity should supply 57 per cent of global power by the end of the decade, up from 26 per cent today. (more…)

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January 14, 2020

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Issue 1 of IN Magazine is now online

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by Mark Eltringham • IN Magazine, News

It’s been six years since Workplace Insight first appeared as a blog. I’d been in the office design and management sector for twenty years already, but I created Insight to explore both a new medium and a new conversation about work and workplaces. Since that time we have published over 6,000 stories with contributions from over 400 people. And – get this – we have been read by over 2.5 million people both in the UK and around the world. Clearly, we have been on to something, chronicling the development of what is essentially a new discipline. (more…)

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Office design in the US now more closely aligned with needs of workers

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January 14, 2020

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Office design in the US now more closely aligned with needs of workers

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by Neil Franklin • News, Wellbeing, Workplace design

Office design and expectations around professionalism in the workplace are evolving along with the modern workforce in America, according to a new report from researchers at Olivet Nazarene University. The Modern Office Study claims that office design is evolving in parallel with changes in working culture, especially in the way that traditional North American cubicles, which were once the default model of office design in the US, are rapidly being replaced with open plan layouts. The report claims that these are now found in over half of American workplaces. (more…)

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Flexible working and always on culture have a negative effect on families

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January 12, 2020

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Flexible working and always on culture have a negative effect on families

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by Neil Franklin • Flexible working, News, Wellbeing

Working parents’ ability to switch off from their work is being undermined by the rise of modern communications and the uptake of flexible working practices, with almost half agreeing the boundaries between home and the workplace have blurred, according to the most authoritative annual survey of working families in the UK. (more…)

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BT to relocate up to 4,000 people to new Birmingham headquarters

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January 9, 2020

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BT to relocate up to 4,000 people to new Birmingham headquarters

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by Neil Franklin • News, Property

BT Group has announced Birmingham’s Three Snowhill development will be its primary new home in the city and provide “a future-fit workplace for thousands of colleagues”. The building, in the city’s business district, will become the regional headquarters for BT with between 3,000 – 4,000 people set to be based there eventually – more than five times the number of people currently based in Birmingham. BT will occupy the majority of floors in the 17-storey development, marking a major investment by the company in the city. (more…)

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Third of workers at small businesses are unhappy with their jobs

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January 8, 2020

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Third of workers at small businesses are unhappy with their jobs

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by Neil Franklin • News

Over a third of UK employees (39 percent) at small-to-medium sized businesses are unhappy with their jobs and 36 percent believe their employer does too little to retain them, according to new research from People First. Exploring the attitudes of 250 bosses and 250 employees across the UK, the research claims to identify a major difference in outlook as more than eight-in-ten (86 percent) SMB bosses believe they have a happy workforce. (more…)