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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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    BP office staff to spend 40% of week working from home

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Mar 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Mar 2021

    BP has announced a new hybrid working model for when lockdown restrictions are lifted.

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • Financial services

    Goldman Sachs CEO pushes for return to the office

    by Jo Faragher 25 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 25 Feb 2021

    Remote working is an ‘aberration’, according to Goldman Sachs boss David Solomon, and needed correcting in order to safeguard collaboration.

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    Is it enough to be Covid-secure?

    by Steve Herbert 22 Feb 2021
    by Steve Herbert 22 Feb 2021

    With restrictions possibly being reduced in the weeks and months to come, employers are turning their thoughts again to how...

    • Coronavirus
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    Managers pushing employees into workplaces, says TUC

    by Jo Faragher 12 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 12 Feb 2021

    One in five working people are still going into work some or all of the time, according to a poll...

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    Staff don’t expect to return to office before June

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Feb 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Feb 2021

    Office workers across Europe do not expect to return to the workplace until at least the summer, according to a survey.

    • Coronavirus
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    How do we benchmark employers in the Covid era?

    by Jo Faragher 3 Feb 2021
    by Jo Faragher 3 Feb 2021

    Best employers and ‘great place to work’ lists used to focus on funky workplace perks, but what place do they...

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    The post-lockdown office: Mark Kass talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 29 Jan 2021
    by Chris Taylor 29 Jan 2021

    ‘Social entrepreneur’ Mark Kass, takes us through the highs and lows of operating a co-working and business centre operation during...

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    More Covid-19 outbreaks in offices than any other workplace

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jan 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Jan 2021

    There were more than 500 confirmed or suspected Covid-19 outbreaks in offices in the second half of 2020.

    • Hybrid working
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    Aviva to close offices in hybrid working plan

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Jan 2021

    Aviva has announced the closure of offices across the UK alongside plans for an expansion of flexible working.

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    Why building resilience should be a priority in 2021

    by Francoise Woolley 12 Jan 2021
    by Francoise Woolley 12 Jan 2021

    Facing a landscape of coronavirus restrictions until spring at the earliest means building resilience among employees should be top of the agenda for business leaders.

    • Coronavirus
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    Chancellor says permanent working from home not inevitable

    by Jo Faragher 11 Jan 2021
    by Jo Faragher 11 Jan 2021

    Working from home will not be the ‘new normal’ in a post-Covid world, chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.

    • Coronavirus
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    Should HR prepare for future pandemics?

    by Claire Williams 6 Jan 2021
    by Claire Williams 6 Jan 2021

    Uncertainties surround the Covid-19 vaccine, from vague distribution plans to complex legalities. With the World Health Organisation suggesting that Covid-19...

    • Coronavirus
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    ‘Zoom fatigue’ is a thing, study shows

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Nov 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Nov 2020

    Employees are often ill-equipped to work at home and find it difficult to switch off. The result could be poor health and lower productivity, warns study.

    • Coronavirus
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    More than a third worried about Covid-19 transmission at work

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Nov 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Nov 2020

    More than one in three (35%) employees who were back in the workplace in September were concerned about Covid-19 transmission...

    • Reasonable adjustments
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    Why management styles have to adapt for remote working

    by Paida Dube 3 Nov 2020
    by Paida Dube 3 Nov 2020

    Widespread working from home is creating an imperative for teams to review and adopt different management styles. Paida Dube examines...

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