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A healthy physical environment in a workplace can be a key factor in maintaining employees’ health. A poorly designed workspace can result in lost productivity and disengaged staff, which could potentially lead to a high staff turnover.


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    Spain to introduce legislation to protect remote workers

    by Jo Faragher 9 Sep 2020
    by Jo Faragher 9 Sep 2020

    Spain is pushing through legislation that will protect the rights of staff who work from home.
    The draft legislation was...

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    Civil servants could see 80% return to office by end of month

    by Jo Faragher 7 Sep 2020
    by Jo Faragher 7 Sep 2020

    Ministers are pushing for central government employees to return to offices as soon as possible, according to a letter seen by the BBC.

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    Confusion reigns over back to work advice

    by Jo Faragher 4 Sep 2020
    by Jo Faragher 4 Sep 2020

    Number 10 has rejected reports that a planned advertising campaign to encourage people back to their offices has been shelved, claiming it never existed.

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    Flexible season tickets being considered to drive office return

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Sep 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Sep 2020

    The government and the rail industry are working to introduce flexible season tickets to encourage employees to return to the...

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    Top 10 HR questions August 2020: Returning to work and quarantine

    by Brightmine 2 Sep 2020
    by Brightmine 2 Sep 2020

    The summer holiday season raised questions for employers about the impact of self-isolating and quarantining after returning from abroad. A...

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    Government ‘back to work’ campaign is stepped up

    by Jo Faragher 28 Aug 2020
    by Jo Faragher 28 Aug 2020

    The government will begin a campaign next week to urge workers back to offices after claims from business groups that...

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    Large firms have no plans to bring all staff back to offices

    by Personnel Today 26 Aug 2020
    by Personnel Today 26 Aug 2020

    Fifty large organisations have said they have no plans to bring all of their employees back to the office full...

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    Cities suffer as only a sixth return to offices

    by Jo Faragher 21 Aug 2020
    by Jo Faragher 21 Aug 2020

    Footfall in UK cities was just 17% of pre-lockdown levels in the first two weeks of August.

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    Office rents tumble as leading firms back homeworking

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Aug 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Aug 2020

    Leasing activity in the capital has fallen by 57 percentage points: PwC and Schroders revise flexible working policy.

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    One in three thinks return to office will be in 2021

    by Jo Faragher 17 Aug 2020
    by Jo Faragher 17 Aug 2020

    One in three British workers believes they won’t be back in their office or other place of work until at...

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    Working at home has led to longer hours

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Aug 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Aug 2020

    Loss of creative collaboration and working for an extra week a month among findings from pandemic studies of working at home.

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    Thousands of BP staff may switch to remote working permanently

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Aug 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Aug 2020

    BP is planning to shift almost 50,000 of its employees to remote working as it reviews its office portfolio and...

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    TUC issues heat warning for workers at home and in the office

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Aug 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Aug 2020

    High temperatures pose questions of home-working as staff swelter without air conditioning or water coolers and the TUC asks employers for 'flexibility'.

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    UK lags behind Europe on returning to office

    by Personnel Today 6 Aug 2020
    by Personnel Today 6 Aug 2020

    France, Italy, Spain and Germany well ahead of UK when it comes to returning to the office.

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    Return to workplace still urged despite growth in infections

    by Rob Moss 31 Jul 2020
    by Rob Moss 31 Jul 2020

    Employers are encouraged to bring workers back to workplaces if it is safe to do so, even though the government...

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