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 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
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!
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 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
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
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