‘Job perk’ or employment right? Flexible working a step closer to being law May 19, 2023 Peers have supported moves to give employees the right to request flexible working from their first day in a job. The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill is a “very welcome starting point and not an end point” for reforming working conditions, according to Labour. The measures are supported by the Government and received an unopposed [...]
Derwent: London property investment trust credits ‘busy’ West-End and return to the office for uptake in leases May 4, 2023 Derwent, the London property investment trust, has told investors that London and the West-End is “busy” as a return to offices and shopping signal better times for the capital. In its first quarter trading update, the FTSE 250 real estate firm revealed a 6.6 per cent uptake in the number of leases secured which totalled [...]
Stuck in a meeting? The one thing about hybrid work and working from home that is driving some employees crazy April 5, 2023 Only half of workers believe employers are doing enough to make hybrid working or working from home seamless, research shared by Slack reveals. Even though 87 per cent of IT managers said they were investing to reduce the friction involved in employees working from home (wf) and in the office, large numbers of workers report [...]