Soft skills, flexible working and pay transparency are workplace trends to embrace in 2019.
Workplace trends to embrace in 2019
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Record number of employees to work beyond 65
The proportion of UK employees who say they will work beyond the age of 65 is at an all-time high, according to new research from Canada Life Group Insurance.
Better Health at Work Alliance launched
The Better Health at Work Alliance (BHWA) has been launched in an attempt to gather leading workplace health specialists in one area.
Dearth of digital skills putting young people at risk of missing dream job
The new generation of young people are certainly digitally savvy, but they are not sure of how to best use their digital skills for work purposes, according to 47 percent of senior decision makers surveyed in a YouGov online poll.
David Price: Supporting an employee in returning to work after leave due to mental health
Supporting an employee in returning to work after leave due to mental health Returning to work for an employee who has been suffering from mental health issues can be an extremely daunting and terrifying prospect. They may feel apprehensive about how the workplace has changed, what their colleagues may think and how they will cope…
Only a third of UK families claim to have a healthy ‘work family balance’
According to a new report from the Centre for the Modern Family, nearly half of UK workers say their ‘work family balance’ is skewed towards work, with the majority of UK workers spend almost three times longer in work-related activities than with family.
Peace and goodwill? Work stress peaks for many in December
Do you believe in peace and goodwill and this most wonderful time of the year? Well good on you, you’re just, just about in the majority. Apparently quite a few of us don’t see Christmas as the most wonderful time of the year. In fact, according to new research, 42 percent say December is one of the most stressful months of the year. Balancing work and family life and the rush to take holidays before the year apparently piles on the pressure, the new research from MetLife Employee Benefits shows.
Almost a third of people take a stroll to combat stress at work
A survey questioning 1000 jobseekers on the TipTopJob sites about how they deal with stress at work found that almost a third of people take a walk to instantly reduce stress at work. 27 percent of people revealed that going for a walk was how they dealt with stressful situations in the workplace.
Suzy Barber: Now they do know it’s Christmas
Organise a day of corporate volunteering on the same day as your Christmas do and you’ll have a real reason to celebrate, says Suzy Barber.
‘Work is no longer a place you go to’, says Microsoft boss
Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft, has said that the concept of work being a place where you physically clock in and clock out is fading.
CIPD calls on Political Parties to improve work “in all it’s forms”
The CIPD has today published its ‘Manifesto for Work,’ a call to the UK’s political parties to focus on the key issues facing employers and the workforce in the run up to the General Election 2015. The professional body for HR and people development believes a sustainable recovery and successful future economic performance is dependent…
Workplace optimism at highest level for seven years
Consumer confidence has reached its highest level in almost seven years as economic optimism among British workers increases, new figures from YouGov and the Centre for Economics and Business Research suggest. The research shows marked year-on-year improvements in the number of employees receiving pay rises, bonuses and promotions as well as the number of people…
The more education young people have, the more willing they are to work for free
Half (49%) of all young people are willing to work for free to get on the jobs ladder, according to a unique research project from recruitment experts Adecco looking into Britain’s youth unemployment crisis. The survey of 16-24 years olds across the UK found that almost half (47%) of all young people will do any…
New study proves that productivity is linked to happiness
Some firms say they care about the well-being and ‘happiness’ of their employees. But are such claims hype, or scientific good sense? A team of economists from University of Warwick, UK, and IZA Bonn, Germany have conducted an experiment to find out. They have found evidence that happiness makes people more productive. In three different…
Death of my daughter made me examine my work/life balance, says Pia Webb
You recently published a self-help book, ‘Improve your own quality of life’, which aims to improve employee wellbeing and work-life balance. What motivated you to write the book? Firstly, if it wasn´t for our first born daughter Lilly (who died during delivery in 2006), Webbs Quality of Life Model would never have been created. That made…