Saturday Sitdown: In five years remote working will ‘just be work’, says digitally-native brands guru March 12, 2022 As the city begins to ramp up again and offices swing open their doors the debate rolls on – how many days should people return to the office? Should this be mandatory or flexible? Will the days be set or of a person’s choosing? Employers and employees find themselves at loggerheads when it comes to [...]
Belgium formally introduces four day week and creates right for employees to ignore bosses after hours February 16, 2022 The government of Belgium is moving ahead with plans to formally introduce a four day week in the country. Under a series of labour market reforms, announced yesterday, works in Belgium will soon be allowed to opt for a shorter work week or more flexible schedules. Moreover, the proposals create a right for Belgians to [...]
Less time but no pay cut: Wales looking to introduce four day work week February 15, 2022 The Welsh government is mulling to embrace a four day work week for most employees across the British nation. According to Sophie Howe, who is Wales’ future generations commissioner, a shorter work week at full pay would lead to a healthier work-life balance and give productivity a boost, as well as creating 38,000 new jobs [...]
Half of those who quit during the Great Resignation are living off savings February 13, 2022 Half of those who quit their jobs as part of ‘The Great Resignation’ are simply surviving on savings to make ends meet, according to new research from 360Learning shared exclusively with City A.M. New research from online education platform 360Learning shows that 50 per cent of those who left their jobs are living on savings, [...]
Law firm partners prefer to work from the office while juniors favour working from home February 2, 2022 Most lawyers are in favour of a hybrid model of working, which would see workers come into their offices for at least one day a week, according to a poll from legal recruitment firm Major, Lindsey & Africa. Meanwhile only 10 per cent would prefer to work entirely remotely. However the figures revealed a split [...]
Managers who see themselves as professionals may in fact be more corruptible, study says February 1, 2022 Managers who see themselves as embodying professional values may in fact be more susceptible to corruption and more likely to partake in unethical behaviour, according to a new study, which says that those who view themselves as professionals may be less likely to critically scrutinize their own decisions. The study, from Professor Sunita Sah of [...]
Office occupancy is up, as workers return to Central London offices January 27, 2022 Workers have started coming back into central London offices, according to new data from Infogrid, which shows the number of workers back in central London is up 42.7 per cent compared to last week. The figures, collected by Infogrid using sensors it has installed in its customers offices, show that office occupancy jumped 42.7 per [...]
Exclusive: UK must upskill workforce to prepare for digital-led world, tech leaders say January 27, 2022 Leading figures in Britain’s tech industry have said the UK urgently needs to upskill its workforce, to prepare UK workers for a digital first world. The comments come after new research from Salesforce showed that UK workers believe they lack the skills needed to operate in a “digital first” world, and that they lack the [...]
“One size-fits-all approach doesn’t work,” Salesforce chief says in response to 4-day work week January 25, 2022 The CEO of Salesforce UK and Ireland has said workers should be allowed to decide “how, when, and where they work,” in response to calls for a four-day work week. Zahra Bahrololoumi, CEO of Salesforce UKI, said “a top-down, one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t work” as she claimed that Covid-19 has “accelerated a revolution” in the way [...]
Sales and productivity have jumped since move to four-day work week, says London tech firm January 25, 2022 A London-based tech company has seen a 30 per cent boost in sales since moving to a four-day work week, the agency told City A.M. Since the change to a four-day, 32 hour working week, implemented in October of last year, technology consultancy company THRYVE ahas also seen its productivity go up by 20 per [...]