Almost half of Brits believe their career has a negative impact on their sleep, according to a study by AXA PPP Health Tech and You. The Sleep Council has declared March as National Bed Month to shine a light on the importance of sleep and the effects a bad night can have on your working […]
Job hopping is becoming the norm, but it does still leave employers in a tight spot; recent research shows the total cost of the first year of employment is often double the staff member’s annual salary. Glassdoor has studied more than 5000 transitions on CVs from its database and believes it has found the factors […]
Research from Equiniti, a leading investment and pension technology company, shows the importance of total benefits packages in the modern workplace. In its inaugural report, “The Changing Landscape of Talent Management”, a survey of more than 6000 savers and investors found that nearly four-fifths consider their employee benefits package as quite or very important as […]
Nearly one in five employees have been forced to use their annual leave entitlement or take unpaid leave to attend funerals of family members or friends, according to new research from MetLife. Its findings show 19% of workers have been absent to attend funerals or cope with bereavement, which was classed as unpaid leave or […]
Job listing site Glassdoor has officially announced the winners of the Employees’ Choice Awards, which recognise the best places to work across the UK, France, Germany, the US and Canada. Here in the UK, Expedia tops out the list for the second year in a row. The rankings are based on company reviews shared by […]
The Outward Bound Trust is officially the happiest workplace in the UK. The organisation won the accolade at the Laughology Happiness Awards 2016. Winners were honoured at a ceremony in London on 18 November. And in an impressive double, Outward Bound Trust youth leader Rob Smith was also declared the UK’s happiest employee. The awards […]
New research from Perkbox, the UK’s leading employee benefits and perks platform, say 30% of UK workers are unhappy at work and would move jobs for better benefits. The research revealed that the unhappiest workers are in Yorkshire and the Humber where just over two in five (42%) claim not to be happy, yet the […]
Research from specialist recruiter Robert Walters has revealed that 86% of secretarial and support professionals would be prepared to change their career for the opportunity to work for a company with positive values and culture. By comparison, when other professionals were asked the same question, just 56% said they would be willing to change profession […]
Every employee has said at least once during their working life “thank goodness it’s Friday!” – typically expressed in response to a long, stressful workweek and the approaching weekend. However, is TGIF really true? HappyOrNot has researched its vast feedback database to look into the reality of this statement, and the results are telling. Thousands […]
“My job is killing me.” It’s a phrase many of us have uttered at some point in our career, but a new study shows a high-stress job with no freedom might just lead you to an early grave. Researchers at Indiana University Kelley School of Business studied 2300 people from a range of vocations over […]
Work-life balance is more than a buzzword these days. With PAs taking on more and more work, it’s hard to find a happy medium that allows for a decent personal life. To help employees find out whether they should reassess their work-life balance, AXA PPP healthcare has built a simple visual quiz. If you find […]
Professionals are increasingly leaving it until it’s too late to check the health of their career, and employers are not encouraging self-improvement in fear of losing valuable employees, according to James Micklewright, Managing Director of career coaching company Micklewright Careers. “Employers are generally uninterested in helping us grow at work and are not offering training […]
New research released in the fourth annual Capita Employee Benefits Insight Report suggest a reverse in the trend of benefits becoming less important to employees. This year almost three quarters (69%) of employees say they are more likely to stay with an employer that offers a good employee package, compared with 66% in 2015. In […]
The search is on to find the happiest workplace and worker in the country as part of a new initiative designed to reward Britain’s brightest businesses and employees. The Laughology Happiness Awards 2016 are the first awards of their kind. They will recognise the importance happiness plays in the nation’s economic performance. Workplace happiness has […]
You may be familiar with the less-than-family-friendly antics of the fictional boss from The Office played by Ricky Gervais. To celebrate the launch of the new movie David Brent: Life on the Road, greeting card company Christmas Connections decided to ask the nation for the most outrageous comments they’ve received from management. They narrowed it […]
New research by McDonald’s UK reveals the positive impact a multigenerational workforce can deliver, as 16 year olds born in the year 2000 enter the workforce for the first time this summer. As one of the largest employers in the UK, McDonald’s brought together statisticians, researchers and its own research and insights team to understand the […]
The 33rd annual British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey shows the majority of Brits would be happy to continue working even if they didn’t need the money, and that a job’s salary is second to happiness. The BSA survey, conducted by NatCen looks at how attitudes about different aspects of life have changed since the 1980s, […]
New research has revealed that almost half of all UK workers (48%) think their current employee benefits package is not tailored to their needs. The study of 1000 UK workers published by payroll lending provider SalaryFinance in line with the UK’s first Smarter Working Day initiative has found that 38% of UK workers currently have […]
