June 25, 2021
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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 24, 2021
Three quarters of people returning to the office are actively seeking new ways to travel
by Jayne Smith • Environment, News, Wellbeing
The commute as we knew it may be gone for good, claims new research conducted by DASH Rides. DASH and Sapio Research surveyed over 2,000 city-dwelling, full-time workers, who used to work primarily in the office and now work primarily at home and discovered that three quarters of those returning to the office will be actively avoiding public transport or seeking new ways to travel. (more…)
June 18, 2021
Demand for Facilities Management professionals continues to rise
by Jayne Smith • Facilities management, News, Working lives
The latest RICS UK Facilities Management Survey results suggest a greater demand for services across all sectors, apart from retail, with FM employment opportunities therefore increasing. Furthermore, for the first time since the COVID-19 crisis swept the world last year, profit margins in the sector are expected to rise. (more…)
June 18, 2021
Mental health is now biggest crisis for business
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
A new research report Dräger Safety UK, which assesses the impact of Covid-19, Brexit and workplace culture on health and safety in UK workplaces, warns of an impending crisis as a result of soaring mental health issues and compromises on investment. (more…)
June 17, 2021
Women struggling with almost twice as much fatigue and anxiety as men
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
As COVID-19 continues to limit our daily lives, forcing the Government to extend social restrictions into July, restrictions of a different kind are taking their toll on working women, and may be even longer-lasting, according to research from 87 percent. (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 14, 2021
Wellbeing should be part of business strategy after lockdown, claims new report
by Neil Franklin • News, Wellbeing
A new report from the RSA and Vitality warns of the potentially serious impact on the long-term physical and mental health of employees. The authors claim that the ‘long lockdown effect’ should lead employers to see health and wellbeing as important strategic issues and place them on the company’s risk registers. With the shift to more flexible working cultures now set to continue, Healthy Hybrid, a Blueprint for Business, claims to shine a light on the health impact of successive lockdowns on homeworkers. (more…)
June 11, 2021
Employees worlkpace health damaged by pandemic
by Jayne Smith • News, Wellbeing, Working lives
New research by Gartner Inc, which surveyed more than 20,000 employees between January 2020 and March 2021, claims that COVID-19 has negatively impacted the health of 55 percent of the global workforce. (more…)