Is the workplace productivity debate ensuring our nomadic aspirations come to an end
While research has given us a mixed bag of contradictory methods to boost workplace productivity, we all share the perception that it is an uphill battle.
Tag: Flexible Working
Flexible working is oft-discussed, but here’s what you can learn from Vodafone’s approach
Kicking off the launch of Corporate Insights, a new interview series in which we hear from senior decision makers at large global firms about how they get the job done, two heads of Vodafone discuss the emergence of flexible working, implementation and what it really means for SMEs.
Managing online meetings to make them work for you
By admin
Meetings are an essential element of business. A collaborative culture is dominating the business world and so meetings are vital to ensure success.
Empowering the digital generation with flexible working
The traditional 9-to-5 employment model has been well and truly shaken up. A combination of demographic shifts, legislations and technological advances mean that expectations have never been higher for employers to fully cater for a new generation of remote workers.
Do you live to work or work to live
By Andrew Low
Eight hours a day (if you’re lucky); five days a week (if you’re lucky); with eight bank holidays and four weeks’ annual leave makes 233 working days a year. Assuming a 40-year career that’s around 9,000 days or 30 per cent of your lifetime – more or less.
MediaCom among 50 UK firms that want your business to embrace flexible working
50 British businesses have united as part of the Smarter Working Initiative, with MediaCom and RED Driving School among firms that want companies across the country to give flexible working a test run on Monday 25 July 2016.
30 Digital Champions: The former environmental health practitioner tackling regulatory compliance
Founded in 2003 by Mark Flanagan, who remains managing director of the business, Shieldyourself has garnered itself a reputation for exceptional quality standards – something that was reflected in its attainment of a Commendation for Excellence in 2014. We quizzed Flanagan about how the use of software and apps has enabled the company to beat away the competition.
Embrace flexible working and retain a happy, motivated workforce
By Adrian Lewis
Nearly two years on since the Flexible Working Law was passed giving employees the right to request flexible working after 26 weeks’ of employment and more companies are embracing flexible working.
Why the National Living Wage presents business owners with an opportunity
By Barry Warne
The impending April 2016 introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW) has prompted fears of thousands of job cuts, however, Barry Warne, partner and head of employment at hlw Keeble Hawson, urges business owners to think long and hard before shedding workers during the biggest staff shortage and skills gap in recent history.
Why 2016 will be the year that flexible working is fully embraced
By Jason Downes
There is no denying that flexible working has grown enormously over the last few years. It used to be viewed as a slight oddity for people to be working out of coffee shops or from home but now it is very much the norm in modern society.