29th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
The days of businesses seeing flexible working as a burden and something just provided for female workers on maternity leave are over, it has been claimed. According to The Telework Association, more organisations in the UK are taking advantage of the many benefits offered by giving workers the option to work away from the traditional » Read More
29th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
70% of British workers spend more than 40 hours in the office every week. Those working in the legal and risk sectors are the worst culprits for staying late as a third admitted to spending around two hours a day extra at their desks – ten hours a week. Nick Dunnett, managing director of London contract » Read More
23rd December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Analysis of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures by Legal & General found that women are almost three times more likely to take time off through stress, anxiety or depression than their male colleagues. Diane Buckley, managing director of Legal & General Group Protection, said: “Stress is one of the leading causes of long-term » Read More
21st December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Smartphones are being used by businesses, but they may be a cause of stress in the workplace. A healthy work-life balance is important for staff, but having a smartphone which keeps workers in touch with the office at all time can make it hard to switch off, and therefore increases stress levels. Dr Carolyn Axtell, » Read More
21st December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Smartphones are being utilised by businesses renting office space in Letchworth, but they may be a cause of stress in the workplace. A healthy work-life balance is important for staff, but having a smartphone which keeps workers in touch with the office at all time can make it hard to switch off, and therefore increases » Read More
20th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Managers should address staff in plain English rather than using meaningless clichés. A survey of 2,000 UK workers discovered that three-quarters of staff are irritated by their bosses using management speak. The most annoying cliché was ‘think outside the box’, with ‘blue sky thinking’ in second spot, named by 25 per cent as the most irritating » Read More
19th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Firms in the UK and other developed business nations are lagging behind their less developed counterparts when it comes to using social networking. New global research conducted by KPMG has found that organisations in China, Brazil and India are more in tune with social networking than their peers in the UK, Germany and Canada. It » Read More
19th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Almost half of UK workers are spending more than eight hours a day in the office in a bid to prove their worth to managers. A survey conducted by Regus found that a third of workers spend between eight and 11 hours in the workplace every day, with ten per cent spending even longer at » Read More
16th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Organisations are being encouraged to implement flexible working to reduce their employees’ commute time and improve productivity. A study conducted by 2e2 found that 63% of workers feel restrained by nine to five working hours in the office, with many expressing a desire to work more flexibly. More than half of respondents admitted they were more » Read More
15th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
With businesses all over the country preparing for the Christmas party season, a new poll by Monster has revealed workers’ behaviour at the party can have a serious impact on their future with an organisation. A poll conducted by Monster found that almost a tenth of UK workers have regretted their actions at the party » Read More
15th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Businesses may be in for a tough Christmas period after it was revealed that as many as seven in ten employees will turn up to work hungover over the period. It is thought the loss of productivity due to Yuletide festivities will cost UK firms as much as £888 million this year. The poll of 6,000 » Read More
13th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Companies can be supported in boosting workplace diversity by their recruiter, it has been claimed. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has warned that one of the major barriers for those with disabilities is that other employees often feel “uneasy” in their company. Sarah Gordon, chair of the organisation’s diversity and inclusion forum, has highlighted the fact » Read More
12th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
While bosses may be looking to make cost-cutting measures where possible, getting rid of the Christmas party should not be one of them. This is the advice of the Forum of Private Business, who warned that getting rid of this occasion can have serious consequences for workplaces. For example, staff morale could take a significant » Read More
9th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
A leading organisation is calling for unpaid overtime by British employees to be better recognised. Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, has claimed that more should be done to reward those who put in this additional time. His comments follow the publication of Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures that show that unpaid » Read More
8th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Nora Smith, of Employers For Childcare Charitable Group, has said that firms that do not offer provisions for working parents could find themselves missing out on “a real pool of talent”. When companies work parents too hard to the point where they find it difficult to achieve a good work-life balance, they end up losing » Read More
8th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
A new study has revealed that an individual’s “agreeableness” has an adverse affect on how much they earn. While workers may warm to colleagues with agreeable characteristics such as compliance, modesty and altruism, managers are more likely to fast-track “disagreeable” people for promotion and pay rises, as they are more likely to “aggressively advocate for » Read More
7th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Bosses could maintain good relations with their staff this Christmas by being a little more flexible to allow workers family time, one expert has said. Hilary Jeanes, of PurpleLine Consulting, has said that allowing employees the flexibility to attend family events will go down well as long as bosses remember to make concessions for those » Read More
7th December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
The Office for National Statistics has published figures which show that Brits are most unhappy while at work. Over 4,000 people were asked to rate the happiness in various parts of their life, with 76 per cent of workers rating their general life contentment at seven out of ten. However, the average happiness score for » Read More
2nd December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Many businesses are ditching the traditional Christmas this year no matter how much it will impact the morale of staff, Four in ten bosses are planning to axe the festive celebration in a bid to cut costs, while a lack of available budget and recent redundancies were all cited as reasons to do away with » Read More
2nd December, 2011 - Posted by admin - Comments Off
Almost two fifths of workers in the east of England spend their lunchtime sat at their workstation, a new report has revealed. A study conducted by Nuffield Health, a healthcare charity, found that workers in the region are the worst culprits for not taking a break from their desk during their working day. Just under » Read More
