Workplace Culture

“It’s evolutionary”: Supporting gender equity in a hybrid working world

A total of 114 UK-based organisations from a range of industries including housing, financial services, tech, and pharmaceuticals, have earned official recognition as being the best workplaces for women.

Sodexo UK & Ireland has made Raj Jones its permanent head of diversity and inclusion.

The UK will return to a five-day work week within two years, according to a think tank.

Sodexo UK has voluntarily published its ethnicity pay gap data for 2020, making it the first company in the hospitality and FM industry to do so.

Sodexo UK & Ireland and its four biggest strategic suppliers have devised a Modern Slavery Strategic Supplier Forum.

Employers cannot insist on office working, lawyers have said, while businesses call for clarity after lockdown.

Workplace and facilities management, so the narrative within the industry goes, has always been about the people – both those delivering services and the recipients. But the focus on people is going to become even more pronounced over the next 12-36 months.

Bennett Hay has won a three-year contract to manage guest services and workplace experience at the landmark Harbour Exchange – HX – in London Docklands.  

We asked Pauline Simpkins, head of facilities management at Historic England, to tackle the topic of the new workplace purpose by answering three key questions: Where are we now, where do we need to get to next – and how do we get there?

A poll by ISS UK has found that 67 per cent of respondents missed social engagement when working from home during the COVID lockdown periods.

It is important to caution workers, employers and legislators against a rising tide of ‘false flexibility' and the damage this can bring to employee wellbeing.