This month’s news from Personnel Today
Relaxed part-timers
A European Union survey has concluded that part-time workers are less likely
to a report job-related health problems, and are more likely to achieve
work-life balance.
Personnel Today, 11 May
Long-hours myth
The UK’s long hours culture is a myth, and it is just as easy to argue the
UK has a ‘short-hours culture’ when compared with other Euro-pean countries,
the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development has argued.
Personnel Today, 4 May
Stress counselling
Manchester City Council is piloting a telephone counsel-ling service to
combat worker stress. The confidential,24-hour helpline is currently available
to 6,000 of the council’s 27,000 staff, but will be extended to all employees
if it proves successful.
Personnel Today, 27 April
Power of the bean
Drinking coffee or meditating are the best ways to improve short-term mental
performance, according to Kevin Warwick, professor of cybernetics at Reading
University.
Personnel Today, 27 April
No change on frontline
Billions of pounds being pumped into the NHS to improve patient care and
recruit more nurses is having little effect on frontline services, according to
a recent poll of 1,000 nurses by the Royal College of Nursing.
Personnel Today, 18 May
