Employees working longer hours due to technology
Many UK employees are working longer hours due to the impact of workplace technology, a new survey has revealed.
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Londoners work the longest hours in the UK
Londoners work the longest hours in the UK according to new research. They are also less likely to be motivated by monetary benefits and more by workplace culture.
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Martin Alden: Want to reward with impact? Help staff to invest to improve.
A recent report confirms that the UK is among the countries that work the longest hours, with...
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UK sees a rise in workaholics
Majority of managers believe that their employees are not workaholics, they are just hard workers...
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Employers warned over flexible working
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has urged employers to prepare for the impending...
Read MoreUK Employees admit to exaggerated expense claims
One quarter of people that have ever claimed work expenses in the UK admit to exaggerating them according to a survey from employee expenses management company, GlobalExpense. Almost half (47 percent) of those that admit to...
Read MoreExpert claims employers are risking unfair dismissal claims
British companies could be running the risk of being hit with unfair dismissal claims by forcing members of staff to work unpaid overtime, according to an expert from working practice watchdog Work Wise UK. The...
Read MoreLack of women in City ‘may have contributed to financial woes’
A recent Commons Treasury Committee report has suggested that the lack of female employees working in the City – the UK’s financial centre – may have contributed to problems in the monetary sector. The Women In...
Read MoreEuropean Commission launches review of working time rules
The European Commission has requested the views of workers’ and employers’ representatives on the options for reviewing EU rules on working time. The first stage consultation asks the European social partners at...
Read MoreAgency Workers – Government guidance crucial, says REC
Following last month’s publication of the Agency Worker’s Directive (AWD) regulations, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)  has been in discussions with the Department for Business (BIS) on next...
Read MoreUK workers are giving away £27 billion of unpaid overtime
Over five million workers across the UK gave away £27.4 billion in unpaid overtime in 2009, a TUC analysis of official statistics has revealed. The TUC study shows that 5.07 million people regularly worked unpaid overtime in...
Read MoreGive agency workers real protection, demands TUC
The TUC called on the Government to give agency workers real protection from exploitation and genuine equal treatment on pay, holiday and hours, as it published its response to the draft Agency Worker Regulations consultation on...
Read MoreCould mild exercise help achieve healthy workforce?
A healthy workforce may be just a few stretches away, according to one sector commentator.The Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL) has advised that Britons should ensure they take some form of exercise whenever possible and that...
Read MoreCould productivity be damaged by long hours?
As the recession rumbles in, more businesses may be keen to prompt their workforces into working longer hours, but could HR departments find that this impacts on their efforts to boost productivity? Recent research by Abbey and...
Read MoreWorkers ‘spend 22 million hours commuting’
Employers may find that they could increase the productivity of their workforce by introducing a flexible working policy which allows people to carry out their jobs from home, after new research has revealed how long Britons...
Read MoreParental leave ‘should be the norm’
The benefits of flexible working for fathers needs to be made a "normal" workplace practice, one sector commentator has claimed.Sally Gimson, director of communications at the Family and Parenting Institute, said...
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