British workers to choose their own hours in new flexibility trial
In a new initiative by the official four-day week campaign, hundreds of British workers will gain greater flexibility over their working hours.
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Suzanne Hurndall: Building a Right to Disconnect policy into your culture
“Law or no law, having a clear and transparent Right to Disconnect policy in place is essential today to help reinforce a good home-work-life balance.”
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Homeworking staff did six hours of unpaid overtime weekly in 2020
What previous trends, linked to working from home, completely changed after the onset of the pandemic?
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UK workers will put in extra hours for a company that is going places
Everyone wants to grow their careers, but according to a new survey, working for a growing company is seen as a critical aspiration and motivator for most British workers.
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UK employees work 26.5 days every year for free, study claims
Britain’s professionals are working more than 5 weeks for free every single year, meaning the average annual salary in the UK is over three thousand pounds too low.
Read MoreHunt brands BMA ‘totally irresponsible’ as another strike looms
The health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has accused the British Medical Association of behaving in a ‘totally irresponsible way’ over the ongoing dispute about the new junior doctors’ contract.
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Employee stresses linked to emailing outside of work hours
Checking email outside work hours is a tempting pitfall, especially when there is a crisis in the office, but new evidence suggests that it is far from good for your wellbeing.
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Florence Parot: How to avoid the dreaded burnout
A friend of mine who works in an HR managerial capacity was told last year at her performance review that she was doing amazingly well but they were a bit worried that she did not look stressed enough. Just what does that tell us about what is happening nowadays in the corporate world? We may be talking about wellbeing at work but in reality, we still think that if someone is not buzzing around round the clock, they must be faking it. Where are the times gone when if you were around after 5pm you were not considered efficient enough? That is something the French used to be jealous about. In the French world, nobody has ever been finished by 5pm except civil servants. So could we be saying that nowadays the English are behaving just as badly as the French? Mince alors.
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Infographic: Do we have to work 8 hours a day?
Working 9 to 5 – it’s the way many of us make a living. And yet it’s obvious to most that working longer doesn’t improve productivity. So why do we do it? And what’s the alternative?
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Employees working longer hours due to technology
Many UK employees are working longer hours due to the impact of workplace technology, a new survey has revealed.
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A third of workers spend 24 minutes shopping online each working day
A third of employees have admitted to shopping online whilst they should be working, according to...
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A quarter of workers likely to ask for flexible working after June 30
When the Government’s changes to flexible working legislation come into force on 30 June 2014, UK...
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15% of SME owners working 60 hours a week
More than one in four SME owners are working more than 50 hours a week with significant numbers...
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UK workers 2nd-happiest in Europe
New research of 8,800 workers from across Europe shows the line between work and home life is...
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Michael-Jon Andrews: Is there a lesson to be learnt from the French on working hours?
It was widely reported in the media last week that the French government was introducing...
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Significant rise in self-employment shows way we work is changing
The latest ONS labour market statistics show that there has been a sharp rise in those choosing...
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