Workplace Culture

There is good open-plan design and there is bad open-plan design.

Workplaces are killing us but change is possible, says Lizzie Benton.

Engagement rather than productivity is the key metric of organisational success, argues Dan Wakelin.

The pandemic has afforded us an opportunity to make a radical step change in our very relationship with work.

More than 30 organisations including the human resources company Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development have written to The Times newspaper to pledge their commitment to prioritising the mental health of their employees as they return to work.

Analysis of regional office activity in the second quarter of 2020 shows the strongest performance was in out-of-town markets.

BP is understood to be contemplating a radical reduction of its estate portfolio as it moves towards more remote working in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 has led to new working patterns, changes in the division of unpaid work in the home and a widespread desire for more flexible working and shorter working hours in future, according to research by the University of Kent and the University of Birmingham.

Hit TV series 'The Office' is nearly two decades old. Martin Read assesses what about the workplace has changed since 2001.

The British Cleaning Council (BCC) has held a virtual meeting with the director of Labour Market Enforcement (LME), as part of its drive to ensure the voice of the cleaning and hygiene sector is heard at the highest levels.

Conference and events company Etc Venues has said there is “strong evidence” that many businesses are planning to give up having offices.

Organisations should provide empathetic training and educational tools to battle discrimination and support diversity, a IWFM webinar audience heard this week.