Technology is meant to make our working lives a whole lot easier and, ideally, our working week shorter – British economist John Maynard Keynes predicted we’d all be working 15-hour weeks by 2030, but 15-hour days looks like it could be closer to the mark. So if you’re one of those workaholics who never goes […]
Can employees be trusted to work from home? It’s the age old question that bugs any employer who offers, or is thinking of offering, flexible working to any of their employees. Of course, all the evidence suggests that employees who are able to work from home and fit their job around other commitments are not only happier […]
So, how many of you enjoyed the relative pleasures of working from home today – it being National Work from Home Day and all? If you did then you were in good company as figures released today by the Trade Union Congress (TUC) reveal more than 4million people now regularly work from home – a […]
A futureologist at BT (yes, such a position actually exists, crystal ball skills a bonus) believes the office-based nine-to-five will soon become a thing of the past as we have now reached the point whereby those in “knowledge-based” professions can effectively do their jobs with little more than a computer, phone and internet connection. Dr […]
The last few years have seen the trend for remote working really take off – ONS figures show that from September 2022 to January 2023, almost half (44%) of employees worked from home or did hybrid work. But if you do spend some of your working week at home, are there any implications as far as […]