July 20, 2021
Search Results for: future of work
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 14, 2021
Shaping London’s future: Mayor’s Resilience Fund Winners Announced
by Jayne Smith • Cities, News
The Mayor of London, in partnership with Nesta Challenges, has announced the winners of the Mayor’s Resilience Fund, a £1 million innovation programme set up to support London’s businesses and community groups to emerge stronger from COVID-19 and to ensure the capital is prepared for future disruptive challenges. (more…)
July 7, 2021
One fifth of UK workers do not intend to commute again post pandemic
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
As employees across the UK are to set to embark on their return to the workplace following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, new research by Kura, claims that commuters are reluctant to return to the office in the coming months, mainly due to increased concern over infection control and social distancing on the daily commute. (more…)
July 5, 2021
Redwigwam scoops largest ever contract to provide 10,000 flexible workers
by Freddie Steele • Company news
Redwigwam has won its biggest ever contract as demand surges for flexible workers across the UK. The Liverpool-headquartered company specialises in providing fully managed, trained and flexible staff for a wide range of sectors including the retail, logistics, cleaning and hospitality industries. It has just won a contract which will provide employment for 10,000 temporary staff across the country, in a variety of roles, over the next six months. (more…)
June 25, 2021
Gen Z reject ‘right to work from home’ proposal
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 23, 2021
‘WFH paranoia’: Half of UK workers send emails late at night or early morning
by Jayne Smith • Flexible working, News, Working lives
One-in-five (20 percent) UK workers now have their work instant messaging app on their personal mobile phone, as WFH paranoia sets in, according to new research by Furniture At Work. (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…)
July 2, 2021
If you’re certain about the changing world of work, you’re certainly wrong
by Mark Eltringham • Comment, Working culture