Behavioural Change

Not all workers are satisfied with working from home, with a growing number of those in the UK planning to take advantage of flexible work arrangements by working overseas, according to a study.

The future of employment will be determined by “shifting generational needs and growing demands for greater choice will be key drivers in the race for talent”, according to a major study on workplace trends.

Whitehall departments are reducing the number of desks they are using as a result of working from home. 

Women working in noisy and distracting offices are more likely than male colleagues to resort to homeworking instead of reporting disruptive behaviour to bosses, a study reveals.

The majority of UK business leaders (94%) take more notice of their employees’ work contributions when they are in the office versus when they work from home, according to research.

New research paints a gloomy picture of the UK workplace as a demotivated world of insecurity and weak identity, dogged by a prevailing sense of workers being undervalued.

Millions of employees will be able to request flexible working from day one of their employment, under new government plans to make it the default.

Developers expect the shift to hybrid working to drive down the overall requirement for office space by 10% per head in the long term, according to a survey.

The NHS has launched its first guidance on menopause for line managers and colleagues.

At least 100 UK companies and organisations have become permanently accredited four-day working week employers since the Covid-19 pandemic.