A surge in freelancers has redefined flexible labour more than staff working from home August 5, 2022 The word flexibility is now unfailingly associated with remote and hybrid working, when really it means so much more when it comes to employment. Whether removing the commute, more family time or greater control over working hours, it boils down to independence. Pandemic restrictions gave the working population a taste of this independence. But the [...]
Exclusive: Lord Sugar and Boris Johnson are ‘delusional’ when it comes to working from home May 20, 2022 Boris Johnson admits he’s distracted by making coffee and eating cheese when he works from home and Lord Sugar has blasted PwC’s decision to give employees Friday afternoons off as “lazy”, but are they out of touch? One industry leader certainly thinks so. TalentDesk.io founder Xenios Thrasyvoulou believes these opinions are outdated and that remote [...]
Kwasi Kwarteng: ‘Entirely reasonable’ for Prime Minister to be distracted by cheese while working from home May 15, 2022 The business secretary has defended Boris Johnson’s remarks that he is distracted by making coffee and “hacking off” cheese when working from home. In an interview with the Daily Mail, the Prime Minister said his experience of remote working involved a lot of time making coffee, walking to the fridge and “forgetting” the task at [...]
Rees-Mogg lashes out at ‘inefficient’ civil servants in push to curb working from home April 24, 2022 Jacob Rees-Mogg has said that getting civil servants back into the office en masse will mean greater efficiency and less waste as he pushes to curb working from home in Whitehall. The government efficiency minister said “it is my job to ensure the government estate is run efficiently and commercially … Empty offices are a [...]
Monday remains quietest Tube weekday as Londoners continue work from home February 16, 2022 Despite the end of the ‘work from home order’, Londoners continue to avoid going to the office on Mondays, according to Department for Transport (DfT) figures. Tube passenger numbers have registered a significant difference between Monday and the rest of the working week. On Monday 7, ridership was at 55 per cent of pre-pandemic levels, [...]
1 in 3 Londoners still working from home as Brits demand flexible hours, casual clothing and in-house gyms July 14, 2022 One in 3 Londoner’s are still working from home, the Office for National Statistics said this week. In fact, there has been a sizeable fall in commuters across the UK following the pandemic. As a result, offices are forced to rethink how they serve their workers, with many feeling the need to resemble a home [...]
TODAY: Londoners urged to work from home as tube strike is affecting ALL lines March 1, 2022 Transport for London (TfL) has urged commuters to plan ahead of today and Thursday’s Tube strikes, which will affect all lines. The public body has advised Londoners to work from home if they can or rely on alternative means of transport, as the strikes are expected to create major disruption across the whole TfL network. [...]
London firm lets lawyers work-from-home in return for 20 per cent pay cut April 30, 2022 London law firm Stephenson Harwood has given its staff the option to work from home as often as they like, in return for a 20 per cent pay cut. The law firm’s new remote working policy says employees must come in at least three days a week, unless they are willing to see their salaries [...]
US law firm lets lawyers work from home indefinitely December 22, 2021 US law firm Quinn Emanuel have told lawyers they can “work from anywhere” indefinitely, according to reports. The announcement comes as competition among US law firms, to recruit and retain talent, intensifies. While the battle for talent has so far led to a bidding war with lucrative salary hikes, flexible working arrangements appear to be [...]
Workspace reports a confident third quarter despite ‘work from home’ orders January 20, 2022 Workspace Group reported a “strong demand” from customers, as the workspace rides out the Covid variant storms.