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Study reveals top cities for workplace happiness in the UK

Sep 18, 2024 | 0

New research has assessed workplace happiness across major cities, taking into account factors such as average salary, cost of living, and flexible work opportunities.

Should 70-hour work weeks be the norm?

Nov 9, 2023 | 0

What are the potential downsides of such an extreme work schedule? And, what should HR be doing about it?

Hundreds of Christmas jobs will be wiped out by self-checkouts

Oct 31, 2023 | 0

The rise of self-checkout machines is causing a significant decline in the number of vacancies for supermarket jobs, according to new figures.

Workplace trends to embrace in 2019

Jan 30, 2019 | 0

Soft skills, flexible working and pay transparency are workplace trends to embrace in 2019.

Record number of employees to work beyond 65

May 19, 2017 | 0

The proportion of UK employees who say they will work beyond the age of 65 is at an all-time high, according to new research from Canada Life Group Insurance.

Better Health at Work Alliance launched

Apr 4, 2016 | 0

The Better Health at Work Alliance (BHWA) has been launched in an attempt to gather leading workplace health specialists in one area.

Dearth of digital skills putting young people at risk of missing dream job

Feb 11, 2016 | 0

The new generation of young people are certainly digitally savvy, but they are not sure of how to best use their digital skills for work purposes, according to 47 percent of senior decision makers surveyed in a YouGov online poll.

David Price: Supporting an employee in returning to work after leave due to mental health

Jan 11, 2016 | 1

Supporting an employee in returning to work after leave due to mental health Returning to work for...

Only a third of UK families claim to have a healthy ‘work family balance’

Jan 8, 2016 | 0

According to a new report from the Centre for the Modern Family, nearly half of UK workers say their ‘work family balance’ is skewed towards work, with the majority of UK workers spend almost three times longer in work-related activities than with family.

Peace and goodwill? Work stress peaks for many in December

Dec 15, 2015 | 0

Do you believe in peace and goodwill and this most wonderful time of the year? Well good on you, you’re just, just about in the majority. Apparently quite a few of us don’t see Christmas as the most wonderful time of the year. In fact, according to new research, 42 percent say December is one of the most stressful months of the year. Balancing work and family life and the rush to take holidays before the year apparently piles on the pressure, the new research from MetLife Employee Benefits shows.

Almost a third of people take a stroll to combat stress at work

Dec 7, 2015 | 0

A survey questioning 1000 jobseekers on the TipTopJob sites about how they deal with stress at work found that almost a third of people take a walk to instantly reduce stress at work. 27 percent of people revealed that going for a walk was how they dealt with stressful situations in the workplace.