After the initial surge in support from the business community, working from home has once again been put up for debate. Leading CEO’s have wavered in their previous commitment to remote working, with Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group axing ‘Frasers Friday’ – a working from home day for some staff – due to a perceived lack… Continue reading Business Community: Where Does Working from Home Fit?
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Home Working: Third of UK Office Staff Work from Home
Home working more than doubled in the UK when comparing 2019 to 2022, a statistic highlighting the seismic shift in the national workforce. With Covid leaving a lasting legacy in terms of where companies feel their staff work best, the amount of businesses switching to a home-based workforce (as opposed to an office) has leapt… Continue reading Home Working: Third of UK Office Staff Work from Home
Home Working Returns: Staying Well While Working From Home
Another mass migration to remote working is expected on Monday as home working returns. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the re-introduction of heading back to homes to carry out the work day wherever possible as part of Plan B, a series of restrictions designed to limit the amount of contacts an employee has with others… Continue reading Home Working Returns: Staying Well While Working From Home
Surging Omicron Cases Could Lead to Working from Home Return
Surging Omicron cases could result in a new working from home order, according to one of the country’s leading health officials. Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency, has urged Christmas festivities to be toned down with socialising restricted only to those necessary interactions. As part of this warning, she suggested… Continue reading Surging Omicron Cases Could Lead to Working from Home Return
Working From Home: Those Annoying Habits!
When working from home was mandatory at the start of the Covid pandemic, a whole new world of annoyance was unleashed on workers. But with a new future of office working and remote working set to merge, a recent survey has discovered the most annoying habits while working from home and when in the office.… Continue reading Working From Home: Those Annoying Habits!
Job Adverts: Rise in Working from Home Vacancies
A rise in the number of job adverts offering working from home could be an indicator of a more remote future. Before the pandemic, 1% of the roles advertised on recruitment specialist Reed’s channels stated remote working; this rose to 5% in 2021. The popularity of remote roles saw the number of applications shoot up,… Continue reading Job Adverts: Rise in Working from Home Vacancies
Flexible Working is Here to Stay – Business Secretary
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng believes flexible working is ‘here to stay’ with the changing of approach to self-isolation on the horizon. As of 16th August, those who have had both jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine will no longer need to isolate for 10 days should they be deemed as a close contact. That has encouraged… Continue reading Flexible Working is Here to Stay – Business Secretary
Covid Restrictions: PHE Official Calls for More Working From Home
A top Public Health England official has called for people to continue working from home past 19th July, when the majority of Covid restrictions are set to end. The Government announced that working from home, wherever possible, will no longer be required, while encouraging employees to return to offices safely. However, Dr Susan Hopkins, a… Continue reading Covid Restrictions: PHE Official Calls for More Working From Home
Price Comparison: What do You Save Most on When Working From Home?
Working from home can save you 111% on your spending compared with being in the office, according to a recent study which conducted a price comparison. The research looked into the average cost of expenses associated with working in the office, including the commute and lunchtime purchases, while also factoring in the costs linked to… Continue reading Price Comparison: What do You Save Most on When Working From Home?
Home-Working Shift: The Office Future is Going to be Different
A survey of 50 large UK firms has found 86% intend to use home-working in some respect moving forward, as the office culture faces a fundamental home-working shift. Covid-19 has had a huge effect on the office environment, with most employees told to work from home during various lockdowns over the past year. But, according… Continue reading Home-Working Shift: The Office Future is Going to be Different
Remote Workstation Assessment: Why is it Vital for Companies to Have it?
A remote workstation assessment is a vital part of the future strategy of any company as employees, on mass, opt for some form of working from home. Recent research, conducted by Nyenrode Business University, has identified that 88% would prefer to use a 50-50 hybrid model moving forward, which would allow for home working for… Continue reading Remote Workstation Assessment: Why is it Vital for Companies to Have it?
Remote Workers: Later Start to the Day in Lockdown
Remote workers started later in the day the longer the pandemic went on, according to statistics published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures suggested, on average, people logged in at 10.45am to start their work day by September last year, a full hour after those who were actually in the office. This… Continue reading Remote Workers: Later Start to the Day in Lockdown
Anxieties For Those Returning to the Office
In just over two months, the UK lockdown roadmap sees the end of home-working on 21st June. But workers are set to return with a number of anxieties which may make them reluctant to do so. A recently published article, discussing the results of a poll of 1,000 employees, found the top reasons to avoid… Continue reading Anxieties For Those Returning to the Office
Working From Home Uniform: What do you Wear?
While working from home, millions of people have stretched the home-work boundaries a little, including in what their working from home uniform looks like! A recent study found almost a third of respondents had worn pyjamas during virtual work meetings, making for a very different working from home uniform to the one adopted in the… Continue reading Working From Home Uniform: What do you Wear?
Outside Home-Working: Beware the pitfalls
New research has found that four in 10 plan to move their workstation outside when remote working, despite the potential problems of outside home-working. The study, conducted by Lenovo, found that 43% were going to conduct their work day outside so they could soak up some sun in the process. Taking advantage of the warmer… Continue reading Outside Home-Working: Beware the pitfalls
Hybrid Working: Why is it Being Discussed?
Hybrid working has become an increasingly discussed term as the Covid-19 vaccination process gathers pace and hopes of ending social distancing measures in the workplace increase. But after never hearing about it before, what does it mean and how would it impact employees across the UK? What is hybrid working? This term relates to a… Continue reading Hybrid Working: Why is it Being Discussed?
Working From Home Fatigue: How to Counter the Effects
Working from home fatigue has become a regular discussion point among those employees forced to relocate, as we get closer to an unwanted anniversary. It is nearly a year since the UK’s workers migrated from the office to home for work purposes, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson enforcing a work from home order. For many,… Continue reading Working From Home Fatigue: How to Counter the Effects
Benefits of Stretching: Three Reasons to Keep Moving
Working from home can, unknowingly, shackle you to your desk for far longer than you’d like as a home-working employee; the benefits of stretching could break this cycle. The thought of sitting in a chair and facing a computer screen for eight hours can make people wince just at the thought of it. But by… Continue reading Benefits of Stretching: Three Reasons to Keep Moving
Exercise at Home With Our YouTube Channel
Have you tried our range of exercise videos to help keep you active while at home? Onhealth’s medical professionals have been working on building up a range of exercise videos to encourage people to be more active and exercise at home. Whether it’s short, high-intensity exercises, or a more focused pilates session, we have a… Continue reading Exercise at Home With Our YouTube Channel
Employee Productivity: What’s Hampering Home Workers?
There’s a long list of things hampering employee productivity as the working from home movement looks set to stay. With the Government encouraging those who can to continue remote working until April 2021, a recent survey by 8×8 uncovered some of the causes of disruption to a home-working day. The most popular answers, in terms… Continue reading Employee Productivity: What’s Hampering Home Workers?
Wellbeing: Maintain Yours While Working From Home
In these uncertain times, many have noticed a negative impact on their mental health and wellbeing, including those forced to work from home. A change from the usual office routine, the long-term stint at home – which looks set to continue for many through until the Spring at least – has had a troubling effect… Continue reading Wellbeing: Maintain Yours While Working From Home