UK green jobs’ revolution needs to be 25 times faster to hit 2030 target says job site October 20, 2021 The UK green jobs’ revolution needs to be 25 times faster if it wants to hit the government’s 2030 target, admonished job site Indeed. In a research published today, Indeed has showed that green job vacancies are at 0.2 per cent, around 2,000 roles per million job postings, despite rising by 13 per cent between [...]
Number of remote working vacancies drops 24 per cent after peaking at 130,000 October 20, 2021 After climbing to an all-time high of 130,000 in June, the number of remote working vacancies advertised has fallen to 99,000 in August, according to new data shared with City A.M. today. This is a significant drop of 24 per cent following months of climbing and suggests that businesses are returning to pre-pandemic ways of [...]
Home away from home offices: Employees ears are not burning, but the 2-ply toilet roll might be October 19, 2021 Boris Johnson’s recent announcement that “you have got to be able to come in [to the office] … and know what everybody is talking about … otherwise you are going to be gossiped about and you are going to lose out”, has caused a mixed outpouring of bemusement, derision and mirth. “How can anyone [...]
The future of work in a post-Covid investment industry October 19, 2021 | City Talk Disruptions resulting from Covid-19 have forced businesses to adapt and create new models of work. Although some industries may return to something resembling their pre-pandemic operating model, the investment industry has already crossed a threshold. That is the view of Kunal Kapoor, CFA, who participated in a webinar entitled ‘The War for Talent and the [...]
Flexible working more important than salary for three in four professionals October 13, 2021 Flexible working has overtaken salary as the top benefit to employees, highlighting that flexibility and autonomy over the working day is now more important than financial reward for most workers. Three quarters of respondents of a new survey believe that in the future having an office space will be considered an employee benefit as opposed [...]
Back to the office full-time? I’d rather quit say more than half of all Brits October 12, 2021 The pandemic has changed the working landscape so drastically that flexible and hybrid work have become core benefits offered to many UK workers. In fact, over half of British workers, or 52 per cent, would leave their job if they were forced back into the office full time, with 11 per cent saying they would [...]
Govt moves ahead with law that creates legal work-from-home right for UK employees September 23, 2021 The government has presented legislative proposals to make the right to request flexible working from day one of employment a right. Earlier today, it released a nationwide consultation. If the consultation is successful, every employee in the UK will be given the right to request flexible working, regardless of time served. The period of consultation [...]
Full-time return to office not on the cards, say 70 per cent of Brits September 16, 2021 Just over 70 per cent of all Brits do not feel a return to full-time office working is on the cards after the pandemic, according to new YouGov research shared with City A.M. The majority of those questioned by YouGov said they would favour to either work from home full-time, or have a hybrid arrangement. [...]
Confessions of a hybrid worker: UK a nation of soap dodgers and sweary screamers September 14, 2021 New research suggests that Brits may be suffering from ‘home comfort syndrome’ as the lines between home and work blur. Many hybrid workers are enjoying lock-down lie ins, with almost a fifth saying they roll out of bed with five minutes or less to spare, while 68 per cent wake up with only 30 minutes [...]
Back to the office: Can employers bar unvaccinated people from the office? September 7, 2021 As the Covid vaccine rollout is maturing across Britain, an increasing number of employers have indicated they will require their staff to be vaccinated before they can return to the office. Earlier this year, Pimlico Plumbers was the first company in London to publicly announce a “no jab, no job” policy, after its founder revealed [...]