The Minister for Women and Equalities calls for flexible working to be normalised Liz Truss calls for flexible working to be normalised – giving employees the option to things like part-time/flexi time, working from home and job shares. New research from the UK...
A YEAR OF SOCIAL RESTRICTIONS, HEALTH CONCERNS AND ECONOMIC TURBULENCE HAS TAKEN A HEAVY TOLL ON EMOTIONAL WELLBEING ACROSS ALL SECTORS OF THE WORKFORCE. Data published by the ONS shows that 57% of people in Britain feel their personal well-being has been affected by...
Employers could be handling a surge of annual leave requests following the Prime Minister’s ‘roadmap’ announcement earlier this week, with one HR software provider reporting an eight-fold increase in requests made via its platforn. Holiday operators reported a wave of...
According to new data* despite the odds, employees were happier at work at the end of 2020 than they were at the end of 2019, but feelings of burnout remain worryingly high. Looking at aggregated data from 9 million employee-engagement survey responses from companies...
At the end of January a People in Law conference heard from Iain Harrison, a senior manager at EY about the difficulties and potential rewards of establishing a new hybrid working model once the pandemic has receded. Adam McCulloch listened in. Businesses must not...
Dissatisfaction rises despite 81% of employees saying their organisation did a good job of supporting them in the last 12 months. The COVID-19 pandemic has left UK workers unhappy in their jobs and in need of support for their mental wellbeing in the year ahead,...