Businesses in several countries across Europe have been taking part in a four-day working week trial. The results are now in – but was it a success? What was the four-day working week trial? The four-day working week trial was a six-month pilot scheme in which 33 companies and almost 1,000 employees worked four […]
More of us than ever before are working from home. The ongoing popularity of hybrid working means more employees have been given the option to work away from the office for at least part of the week. And although the number of people working from home dropped by 7% between 2021 and 2022, remote workers still […]
More than half of UK workers say they wouldn’t work if it wasn’t for the money. Although that sounds obvious – most of us work because we need the money – the figure of 60% who would opt out of having a job is higher than any comparable workforce in the world. The findings from […]
On the face of it, working from home is the eco-friendly way to do the nine-to-five. There’s no commute, no office energy consumption, and everyone is in control of their own energy efficiency. This also seems to have been proven by the fact that air quality improved massively when we were all locked down in […]
It seems hard to believe now, but up until a few years ago UK employees only had the right to request flexible working if there were a registered carer, had children under the age of 17, or children under the age of 18 with a registered disability. But all that changed on June 30, 2014 when the UK’s […]
t’s been a glorious week across most of the UK, and temperatures in London are due to hit the 30s today – far from ideal conditions for spending your day in the office. And if you work from home, the temptation to down tools can be even greater. So to make sure you stay at […]
Hybrid working could save your business as much as £8,100 a year, according to new research from IWG, the world’s largest flexible workspace company. Sound too good to be true? Read on to see if your business could save. What is hybrid working? Hybrid working is a flexible way of working that combines telecommuting […]
There are around 2.2 million freelancers in the UK, with around 239,000 doing freelancing as a side hustle. That means that more than 1.9 million people freelance as their main job. But taking the plunge and going freelance can be a pretty daunting experience and not a decision that can be taken lightly – it’s all very […]
The last 18 months have seen more people than ever thrust into a situation where they’ve had to work from home. And as we emerge out the other side, many businesses are considering a ‘remote first’ policy or ‘hybrid’ working (part time home and part time office). If your business is going to offer remote working, you’ll […]
The benefits of flexible working are well documented – not least in these pages – it gives employees more control over their working lives, allowing for a better work/life balance, something that is becoming increasingly important in the UK where almost two thirds of families rely on dual incomes. It also helps to engender a reciprocated […]