Work-life balance

Office attendance is best built through culture, not by imposing harsh measures and monitoring on workers.

UK employees worked £26 billion worth of unpaid overtime in the last year, according to the TUC.

‘Too many employers are still turning down flexible-working requests, which means the right to request is pretty meaningless for many women,’ says Unison leader.

Australia will introduce new laws giving workers the ‘right to disconnect’ outside of work hours, with potential fines for employers that breach the rule.

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Henley Business School has identified six types of worker that have emerged post-pandemic, with many keen for flexibility.

A trial of a four-day work week in Portugal found that almost all employers that took part rated the experience positively.

Civil servants in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have launched a campaign to work a four-day week.

Nationwide Building Society has reversed its 'work from anywhere' policy and will require 40% office attendance.

HR and recruitment is the best sector for flexibility, with eight in 10 companies offering remote-first or fully-remote jobs, study finds.

According to a new study, 73% of people in the UK say work is ‘very or rather important in their life’ – the lowest of 24 comparable countries.

HR professionals globally are yet to return to the levels of wellbeing they had before the pandemic, according to Culture Amp.

Increasingly intense working days are putting people at greater risk of burnout, according to research by the TUC.
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MP Lee Rowley has formally asked South Cambridgeshire District Council to end its four-day week trial 'immediately'.

Leaked policy pledges from the Labour party show a raft of measures aimed at supporting pay transparency and work-life balance.