The three different cohorts of employees to consider in the return to the office
More than a year after the first Covid-19 lockdown, a new trend, Fear Of The Office, is emerging among Brits ... View Article
| Published: 20 April 2021
Cleanliness tops Employee fears over the return to work
A study of 1,000 employees who are currently working from home, carried out via OnePoll for ICE Cleaning, the UK’s cleaning experts, found two thirds would also feel uncomfortable about going back into their workplace full time. Worries include colleagues not using hand sanitizer or soap (27 per cent) and not enough communal cleaning (27 per cent).
| Published: 19 April 2021
Pandemic has separated the readiest innovators from the rest
According to BCG’s latest report, Most Innovative Companies 2021: Overcoming the Innovation Readiness Gap, the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of innovation excellence in turbulent times. The research has also revealed that following COVID-19, digital transformation is now a top priority for 75% of CEOs.
| Published: 16 April 2021
COVID-19 one year on: a nation divided on the future of the 9-to-5
Workers across the UK are divided on whether the traditional 9-5 way of working will return according to new research from recruiting experts, Hays.
| Published: 7 April 2021
How does staff welfare look a year on from the start of COVID-19?
New research suggests that businesses have continued to implement important welfare support to a high-quality, despite the pandemic going on longer than expected.
| Published: 25 March 2021
HR leaders must prioritise mental health
The pandemic and the subsequent measures taken by the government have had a significant impact on the mental health of the general public, and this has certainly been reflected in HR departments across the UK. We asked our respondents to let us know exactly what impact the pandemic had on their business, their department and their people.
| Published: 18 March 2021
Quarter of workers disclose their mental health has deteriorated during pandemic
One in five (20%) employees say they are struggling to cope with Covid-19 restrictions and a quarter (26%) disclosed that their mental health has deteriorated due to the pandemic.
| Published: 10 March 2021
Post COVID business confidence answers lie in the data
SMBs that effectively leverage data and analytics in their decision-making process will be better able to navigate the government’s roadmap out of lockdown and prepare their workforce for any unforeseen challenges that lie ahead.
| Published: 4 March 2021
Now more than ever, working parents need support
The most common measure employers have taken to support parents during the latest period of home-learning is to promote mental wellbeing, followed by inviting staff to make changes to their working patterns. However more could be done to promote existing measures to staff juggling their work and home-learning commitments.
| Published: 20 February 2021
Lockdowns are sending “liveability” in cities spiralling down
*The 2021 Location Rating research and analysis took place between June and November 2020, with all scoring accurate at the time of publication, in terms of pandemic-related restrictions, on 13th November.
| Published: 7 February 2021