Surging living costs and remote working could create perfect burnout storm April 5, 2022 More than two-fifths (43 per cent) of UK employees feel more isolated while working from home, polling from tech company Asana shows. At the same time, 42 per cent said remote working has meant they no longer have a clear start or finish time during their working day. The study shows that UK workers waste [...]
Weekend Read: Four is the new five as most workers push for four day week on same pay March 27, 2022 Three in four UK office workers prefer a four-day working week over five days, while offered the same salary with the same amount of work needed, according to a new report shared exclusively with Morning Wire today. Individuals and some businesses have embraced diverse flexible working models over the past two-years, giving rise to the [...]
Exclusive: Aspire chairman Paul Farrer warns Brits ‘not to walk blindly into four day week’ March 20, 2022 From a healthier work/life balance and greater job flexibility to giving employees the freedom to spend more time with their family or even focus on a side hustle, the potential advantages of the four day working week are huge. Businesses could stand to benefit too, with happier, more productive and focused staff. Amid record level [...]
More than 3m home-working Brits are lonely while 1m have not spoken to anyone in last ten days March 17, 2022 The rise of working from home is adding to loneliness with more than three million people who do this claiming it means they don’t see other people very often, according to fresh data shared with Morning Wire today. Its nationwide study found nearly one in three adults say they suffer from being lonely and one [...]
Saturday Sitdown: In five years remote working will ‘just be work’, says digitally-native brands guru March 12, 2022 As the city begins to ramp up again and offices swing open their doors the debate rolls on – how many days should people return to the office? Should this be mandatory or flexible? Will the days be set or of a person’s choosing? Employers and employees find themselves at loggerheads when it comes to [...]
Belgium formally introduces four day week and creates right for employees to ignore bosses after hours February 16, 2022 The government of Belgium is moving ahead with plans to formally introduce a four day week in the country. Under a series of labour market reforms, announced yesterday, works in Belgium will soon be allowed to opt for a shorter work week or more flexible schedules. Moreover, the proposals create a right for Belgians to [...]
Less time but no pay cut: Wales looking to introduce four day work week February 15, 2022 The Welsh government is mulling to embrace a four day work week for most employees across the British nation. According to Sophie Howe, who is Wales’ future generations commissioner, a shorter work week at full pay would lead to a healthier work-life balance and give productivity a boost, as well as creating 38,000 new jobs [...]
Half of those who quit during the Great Resignation are living off savings February 13, 2022 Half of those who quit their jobs as part of ‘The Great Resignation’ are simply surviving on savings to make ends meet, according to new research from 360Learning shared exclusively with Morning Wire New research from online education platform 360Learning shows that 50 per cent of those who left their jobs are living on savings, [...]
Law firm partners prefer to work from the office while juniors favour working from home February 2, 2022 Most lawyers are in favour of a hybrid model of working, which would see workers come into their offices for at least one day a week, according to a poll from legal recruitment firm Major, Lindsey & Africa. Meanwhile only 10 per cent would prefer to work entirely remotely. However the figures revealed a split [...]
Managers who see themselves as professionals may in fact be more corruptible, study says February 1, 2022 Managers who see themselves as embodying professional values may in fact be more susceptible to corruption and more likely to partake in unethical behaviour, according to a new study, which says that those who view themselves as professionals may be less likely to critically scrutinize their own decisions. The study, from Professor Sunita Sah of [...]