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• Homeworkers ‘should email at 5am’

  By flexibleboss on August 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Homeworkers are putting themselves at a disadvantage when it comes to career. That’s according to the London Business School’s professor of organisational behaviour Dan Cable. He was interviewed for BBC Radio Four’s programme The Homeworker, which aired today. Presenter Lucy… Read More ›

• One million zero hours contracts in the UK

  By flexibleboss on August 5, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Zero hours contracts are far more widespread than official statistics suggest, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has said today. The CIPD estimates there could be one million such contracts in the UK – so-called because they do not… Read More ›

• Part-time workers ‘happier’ say official statistics

  By flexibleboss on August 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Those who choose to work part-time are happier than full-time workers, according to national statistics. It is the first time that the UK’s Annual Population Survey has registered a statistically significant gap between those working full-time and those working part-time…. Read More ›

• Dial the telephone: somebody’s home

  By flexibleboss on August 1, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Can call centre workers work from home? While a Stanford University study with Chinese travel agency C-Trip found significant productivity gains, the practicalities for businesses are not simple. Data sensitivity, client concerns and management needs may get in the way,… Read More ›

• Sports Direct under fire over zero hours contracts

  By flexibleboss on July 30, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Sports Direct is coming under pressure from politicians and unions to ditch ‘zero hours’ contracts, following revelations in the Guardian that 20,000 staff are subject to the controversial arrangements. The retailer, which is run by billionaire Mike Ashley, has been… Read More ›

• Timewise launches search for 2013 Power Part-time 50

  By flexibleboss on July 30, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Co-founder of the Timewise Foundation Karen Mattison MBE tells Flexible Boss why she is spearheading the search for the UK’s 50 most senior part-time workers. For years, the term ‘part-time’ has been synonymous with junior responsibility and low pay. And yet,… Read More ›

• Top Lloyds lawyers in job share

  By flexibleboss on July 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Two of Lloyds Banking Group’s top lawyers are job sharing, it has been revealed. Group general counsel Andrew Whittaker joined the group in May from the Financial Services Association. He is responsible for the strategy and direction of the bank’s… Read More ›

• Co-working space is ‘buzzing eco-system’

  By flexibleboss on July 25, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Part of FTSE 250 company Workspace, Club Workspace this week announced plans to expand its network of business centres aimed at entrepreneurs, freelancers and large businesses looking for small footprints in the capital. Flexible Boss editor Heather Greig-Smith talks to Club Workspace managing… Read More ›

• Co-working Club to double London network

  By flexibleboss on July 25, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  A co-working space provider is to double its London capacity, it has announced. Club Workspace will open six centres across the capital over the next year. It currently has five centres: in London Bridge, Clerkenwell, Bankside, Kennington and Chiswick. The… Read More ›

• Flexible working promises property boost

  By flexibleboss on July 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  More than half of employees want the opportunity to work flexibly, meaning companies could reduce their property portfolios. That’s according to a survey by software provider Planon, which questioned over 100 professionals on the subject. The real estate and facilities… Read More ›