Public, private and not-for-profit organisations have been shortlisted for a Special Award in this year’s Top Employers for Working Families.
Every week one in 10 UK employees is squeezing an extra week of unpaid work into their working schedule, giving away more than £157 billion in unpaid overtime every year.
The number of workers reporting unreasonable levels of stress is more than three times higher if their working hours were inflexible, according to research by the Kenexa High Performance Institute...
The UK’s first national subjective wellbeing report published this week highlights the positive effect of having a job on people’s ‘happiness’.
The issue of work-life balance has been gaining momentum in the past decade, in spite of the economic recession. Governments and institutions, as well as single businesses, have recognised that its...
Employees across the UK believe the balance between their work and personal life has improved since 2010, according to a Work-Life Balance Index based on the views of 2,500 UK professionals, published...
The Working Families Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark and Awards is open for 2012 entries, and this year I think it is as vital as it’s ever been for employers to take part.
Little is known today about the impact of remote, mobile and flexible working on employee health and wellbeing. Sales staff driving hundreds of miles a week, home-based ‘teleworkers’ and mobile...
Almost half of adults aged 16 and over in Great Britain report a ‘relatively low’ satisfaction with their work-life balance, according to findings from the Office for National Statistics.
Boardrooms of UK and global businesses are about to get a lot more active as over 30 top CEOs and business leaders take part in the inaugural Leader Board Triathlon Challenge for Sport Relief to take...
The Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark and Awards, founded by Working Families in partnership with the Institute for Employment Studies and sponsored by Computershare Voucher Services,...
The UK is leading the way in Europe with regards to how employees view work-life priorities, according to global research from Robert Half International.
