Productivity

Legal pitfalls of the four-day working week

Employers considering a four-day working week should give careful thought as to how it is implemented in practice.

Half of UK bosses in favour of home worker monitoring to improve wellbeing

A CIPD survey has revealed 55% of UK bosses agree that it is acceptable to collect information on regular home workers in the interests of wellbeing.

Will Rees-Mogg turn back clock on flexible working?

Jacob Rees-Mogg’s appointment as secretary of state has caused consternation on many fronts. Dubious climate credentials aside, his ideas about what makes a good boss mean his appointment has been...

HR Most Influential podcast: season two launches

Season two of the HR Most Influential podcast has launched with psychologist, consultant and HR Most Influential Thinker Hayley Lewis.

Podcast

Ask yourself, are you having fun at work?

Following the Great Resignation, millennials and boomers alike are resisting the return to the office and leaving their jobs like never before.

Four-day week pilot: success for majority at mid-way point

Businesses halfway through the UK’s first large-scale four-day week trial have reported improved productivity and are likely to continue it once the trial is over.

Monitoring remote employees: will it push people back to the office?

Reports have revealed that the Cabinet Office is monitoring staff computers and wifi logins in a bid to persuade them to return to the office, and it may lead other employers to think that they can...

Companies making it hard for workers to take holiday

Companies are putting their employees at risk of burnout by making it difficult or impossible to take annual leave, according to research by Just Eat for Business.

Noise in the office distracting employees? Here’s how HR can help

Now that offices have re-opened in the UK, there’s more opportunity for workers to divide their working day between home and HQ. In fact, research found that 54% of office workers intend to break up...

The big refreeze: HR’s role in helping organisations adapt post-pandemic, part two

The social and economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic has inspired widespread change for many business. Lynda Gratton studies how HR can help organisation consolidate new ways of working

The big refreeze: HR’s role in helping organisations adapt post-pandemic, part one

The social and economic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic has inspired widespread change for many business. Lynda Gratton studies how HR can help organisation consolidate new ways of working

Tackling the human cost of the ‘dark matter of work’

Consisting of ‘dark energy’ and ‘dark matter’, 95% of the universe is essentially invisible. The same can be said about much of the work we do today, if we consider daily actions that aren’t captured,...