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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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    Office attendance linked to positive employee wellbeing

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Jan 2025

    There is a positive link between workplace attendance and wellbeing, with three or four times a week being the ideal number of in-office days.

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    Advertising giant WPP demands return to office

    by Jo Faragher 8 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 8 Jan 2025

    Advertising giant WPP has informed its employees that they will have to return to the office for at least four days a week from April.

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    Flush away recruitment problems – just don’t waste work time

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024

    Recruiters make pioneering use of toilet paper while a nicotine pouch company from Scandinavia tells us Brits to stop drinking so much tea at work.

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    Cuddles and petting in the office. But not with humans

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024

    If there isn't an appropriate humanoid at hand to cuddle (remaining aware at all times of the newly enacted Worker Protection Act 2023) – then what about a dog?

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    Workers leaving businesses who demand five days in office

    by Jo Faragher 25 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 25 Nov 2024

    Strict return to office mandates are pushing workers to look for new jobs, according to research from International Workplace Group.

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    Starling Bank employees quit over office working demands

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 19 Nov 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 19 Nov 2024

    Starling Bank staff resign following demands from the company’s chief executive that they spend more time in the workplace.

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    Amazon workers push for reversal of return to office policy

    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2024

    Workers at Amazon's AWS unit have written to their CEO urging for a reversal of its full-time return to office policy.

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    Hybrid work means more ‘active commuting’

    by Jo Faragher 28 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 28 Oct 2024

    Hybrid working has led to a boom in ‘active commuting’, according to a survey by International Workplace Group.

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    Who made the best background music, Mozart or Mercury?

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Oct 2024

    The links between music, attention span and digital interference are still not fully understood. But now the search for the...

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    Office campuses can retain talent in the workplace

    by Mike Wiseman 22 Oct 2024
    by Mike Wiseman 22 Oct 2024

    Mike Wiseman outlines how office campuses can provide high-quality, productive workplaces, attracting and retaining key talent.

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    Questioning the Prime directive: what Amazon’s return to work memo got wrong

    by Victoria Lewis-Stephens 15 Oct 2024
    by Victoria Lewis-Stephens 15 Oct 2024

    Victoria Lewis-Stephens outlines the considerations for employers that end hybrid working policies.

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    Presence and productivity: does office time really make a difference?

    by Jo Faragher 3 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 3 Oct 2024

    Does being in the office mean productivity is higher, or can employees achieve better outputs at home?

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    Did you miss HR Appreciation Day? Do you have dead-butt syndrome?

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Sep 2024

    How HR can overcome the risks of dead-butt syndrome. And whatever happened to HR Appreciation Day …

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    Amazon orders full-time office return

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024

    Amazon chief executive tells staff they must return to the office five days a week from January 2025, ending its hybrid working policy.

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    Two-thirds of professional service firms stop advertising fully remote roles

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 11 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 11 Sep 2024

    Two in three (64%) professional service companies have stopped advertising fully remote roles, while nearly one in four (23%) have increased employee office days in the past 12 months.

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