The research, a survey of 2,000 UK office workers, found that previous work experience was the most common lie, with nearly half (47 percent) of those who did fib embellishing the list of old employers. Previous education or qualifications took second place (41 percent), followed by personal interests (20 percent).
| Published: 13 April 2018
London is ranked as Europe’s most attractive city for businesses and employees for second year running according to Colliers report, which reviews and ranks cities based on their occupier attractiveness, availability of talent, and quality of life factors alongside economic output and productivity; Paris, Madrid, Moscow and Birmingham making up the rest of the top five.
| Published: 15 March 2018
Research shows 65 percent of UK office workers have to work at the weekend to get the job done. Comment from James Robertson, head of marketing – Boundless.
| Published: 21 August 2017
Research explores the growing ‘work spouse’ trend (employees having one person they are particularly close to at work) analysed feedback from over 4,000 employees and 103 employers. Nearly all employers (92 percent) say strong relationships make people more engaged with their jobs, while 96 percent say they create a happier workplace. Comment from Matthew Harradine, director at totaljobs.
| Published: 17 July 2017
Three million workers across the UK take only one lunchbreak a week. Over a million self-employed Brits never manage to take time out for lunch. The East Midlands is the most likely region to never step away for a lunch break (24 percent) compared to those in London (46 percent) taking five or more breaks a week. Comment from psychologist and author of The Anxiety Journal, Corinne Sweet.
| Published: 28 June 2017
Fifty-three percent of HR professionals eat lunch at their desk and just a third leave the office at lunch; 58 percent of HR professionals take 30 minutes or less for lunch each day. A company culture which required long working hours would lead 63 percent of HR professionals to consider moving to a new role. Comment from Nick Allwood, Manager for HR recruitment at Robert Walters.
| Published: 23 June 2017
New research from the UK’s leading independent job board, CV-Library has found that over two thirds of the nation’s workers (69.1 percent) are losing up to 16 days a year commuting to and from work, with over a third (38.6 percent) of professionals commuting for up to two hours a day.
| Published: 3 June 2017
The Women and Equalities Committee has published written evidence from fathers about Shared Parental Leave (SPL), two years since the flagship Government scheme was introduced.
| Published: 6 April 2017
New research released today by wellbeing charity CABA has found that nearly a fifth (19 percent) of employees in London worry about being judged negatively for taking a lunch break. This figure is far higher than any other region in the UK, and the national average of 6 percent. Comment from Kelly Feehan, Services Director at CABA.
| Published: 21 March 2017
The possibility of a ‘parenthood penalty’ demonstrates that behaviours towards working parents have yet to evolve. Comment from Kate Headley, Director at The Clear Company.
| Published: 5 February 2017
