A study shows that more than half of bosses (55%) agree with collecting information on regular homeworkers, including the time spent on laptops each day and email sending behaviours to identify risk of burnout.
Labour Party MP Peter Dowd, former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, will introduce a new bill in the House of Commons today to reduce the maximum working week to 32 hours, giving every British worker the chance of moving to a four-day week.
Two in five employees don’t feel that their current employer shares their values (42%) while almost half (45%) claim their employer doesn’t meet their expectations of what it means to be an ethical business.
An overwhelming 93% of manufacturing, engineering, automotive and shipbuilding workers want a shorter working week with no loss of pay, according to a study by the Institute of Employment Rights (IER).
A study published on World Mental Health Day this week reveals that most office spaces are not set up to support mental wellbeing in today’s hybrid working environment.
A third of organisations (34%) think the four-day week will become a reality in the UK for most workers within the next 10 years, shows a study by a human resources body.
Generation Z workers rely heavily on the professional and social structure of the office, with 78% finding it easier to bond with colleagues in the workplace and 81% feeling disconnected from their peers when working from home, according to research.
