More than half (53%) of employees in the UK feel overworked, citing factors like reaching their maximum capacity, being spread too thin, or stressing over the threat of additional work – according to new data from Censuswide, commissioned by people analytics company Visier. The data – which comes during an uncertain economic market where businesses are striving to do more with less – reveals that young professionals aged 25-34 feel …
A number of factors like hybrid and flexible working are shifting the agenda around business travel. We’re seeing a new conversation around business mobility that is now also about employee welfare and social value. Businesses are involving their HR teams in travel and mobility decisions that had previously been driven by a fleet team or travel managers, to see how mobility policies can better support the changing needs and concerns …
Demand for UK warehouse workers has risen by 43% compared with pre-pandemic levels – with the number of online job adverts for staff in the North East nearly doubling, according to an analysis of new ONS data1 by Indeed Flex, the online staffing platform for temporary work. It’s a pattern repeated across the country as employers in many sectors struggle to find staff. The biggest jump in demand for warehouse …
Two in three (66%) people with Long Covid who took part in a survey have experienced unfair treatment at work, according to a new TUC and Long Covid Support Employment Group report published today (Monday). More than 3,000 people with Long Covid responded to a recent survey – published today around the third anniversary of lockdown. Two-thirds of those who responded report being unfairly treated at work – up from …
The way in which health and wellbeing support is communicated has undergone a dramatic change recently, as research released by Towergate Health & Protection reveals.
Plans to give workers more rights to request flexible working could impact the way businesses operate, a leading employment lawyer has warned!