June 25, 2021
Search Results for: Working from home
June 25, 2021
UK employees working £4.2 billion unpaid overtime every week
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
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 →
June 21, 2021
Resimercial Collective by Connection heralds new era of hybrid working
by Freddie Steele • Company news, Workplace design
The Resimercial Collective by Connection is the perfect design to respond to the evolution of commercial interiors in the era of hybrid working. A cross pollination of materials and aesthetics, with the comfort of home styling and the durability and functional demands of a working environment. As the lines between distinct work functions in a space become more and more blurred, the Resimercial Collective is designed to blend areas together to create a harmonious environment that facilitates hi-performance and the wellbeing of employees. More →
June 17, 2021
UK working parents concern about future linked to final restrictions lifting
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
New research from Working Families claims nearly a third of working parents (29 percent) are concerned their caring responsibilities will make them more vulnerable to redundancy when furlough ends, after juggling work and childcare through the pandemic. More →
June 15, 2021
Women’s working hours fall a third less than men’s
by Jayne Smith • News, Working lives
Women’s average working hours have taken a far smaller hit during the pandemic than men’s, with women who do not have children now working longer hours than ever before – in marked contrast to predictions of a ‘shecession’ at the start of the pandemic, according to new research by the Resolution Foundation. More →
June 15, 2021
UK workforce determined to keep hybrid working
June 14, 2021
Hybrid working will impact younger people in very specific ways
by Nick Gallimore • Comment, Flexible working, Wellbeing
When considering a hybrid working method for your organisation, it’s far too easy to try think of what will work for all employees as a whole, rather than breaking this down and thinking about the different needs from certain groups of people. One example of this is age and experience. Employees from different age groups and at different levels of experience within in an organisation may have very different needs when it comes to hybrid working. Those who have been with the business, or in a similar work environment, for some time may be perfectly comfortable to work from home the majority of the week, with little help or supervision. However, this probably isn’t going to work as well for younger employees with less experience. More →
June 9, 2021
Work factors that make the drive home more dangerous
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
Most road traffic accidents happen on the drive home from work, claims new research from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM), which examines which characteristics of the working day have implications for road safety and why. More →
June 9, 2021
More technology for remote working is key to the future of the office
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Technology
A survey of real estate and IT professionals across a range of industries claims that better remote working technology is perceived to be twice as important as workplace testing. Workplace creation specialists Unispace surveyed over 2,000 senior Real Estate and IT professionals across Europe on the topic of the future of work, and what to expect from the workplace of the near future. More →
June 30, 2021
The new era of flexible working and knowing when to lie flat
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Flexible working, Wellbeing