Flexible working conditions may be important to candidates when evaluating jobs, but other factors such as salary, career progression, benefits and office culture are higher priority, says recruiter totaljobs. While 24% of 4,000 candidates surveyed named flexibility as a priority,… Read More ›
Businesses should do more to encourage flexible working, the CBI has said. Deputy director-general Katja Hall spoke out as a YouGov poll revealed men and women are reluctant to ask their employers for flexibility. While 40% said they would feel… Read More ›
Many employers are not ready for shared parental leave (SPL), despite the rules coming into force on 1 December, a report by human capital management expert ADP has said. More than one in five HR directors admitted they are not… Read More ›
Successful remote workers have seven key attributes that can be learnt and developed, an occupational psychologist has said. In a webinar on effective mobile working last week Richard Breger said there are many challenges that remote workers face, such as… Read More ›
Businesses are out of step with employee expectations on agile working, according to a joint report by the CIPD and the Agile Future Forum. Surveying HR leaders and employees, the report HR: Getting smart about agile working found that over… Read More ›
Businesses need to think more radically than simply enabling flexible working requests if they are to tackle the challenges of the changing world of work. That’s according to a report published by flexibility.co.uk last week. It’s work but not as… Read More ›
Employers in the service sector are ‘subverting’ workplace flexibility, causing financial insecurity, anxiety and stress among their workers, a study by Cambridge University academics has claimed. The Department of Sociology report has been submitted to government as part of the… Read More ›
Affordable and flexible childcare is needed to get mums back to work and tackle the ‘motherhood pay penalty’. A think tank report to be published on Friday will say up to half a million more mums could be working if… Read More ›
Ian Symes, general manager for Right Management UK & Ireland, explains the wider benefits of flexibility and says now is the time for businesses to act. In just five years’ time, the majority of the workforce is expected to be… Read More ›
Changing the way jobs are structured and remunerated could end the gender pay gap, according to a Harvard economist. Addressing the American Economic Association in her presidential address, Harvard’s Professor Claudia Goldin, said: “The gender gap in pay would be… Read More ›
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