Millions of Brits give up more than a month of time each year by working for free. Let’s look at Brits and unpaid overtime – totalling five years over their working life, according to research. Have you thought about how many free hours are you working? In a poll conducted by Hitachi Personal Finance, now […]
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Brits and unpaid overtime: How many free hours are you working?
The perfect job has been revealed
The perfect job involves a 26-hour week with a salary of £26,000 per year – working for a boss who likes a point, a study has revealed. Other requirements for the ideal role are regular reviews and pay rises, a day off on your birthday, and free hot drinks. The poll of 2,000 workers also […]
Britain’s overtime culture ‘putting lives at risk at the wheel’
A survey of British workers has exposed how the UK’s overtime culture is putting drivers at risk at the wheel, owing to poor sleep, pressure to respond quickly and stress and distraction. The research1 by business insurer NFU Mutual found that more than a third of people who work full or part time in the UK […]
Flexible part-time workers outperform those working full-time
The percentage of top performance ratings for part-time and reduced-hours workers is higher than across all staff, at 34% versus 14%, according to Working Families. The charity has released a new report in HR Magazine assessing the flexible, agile, and family-friendly working policies of its employer members. The 2018 Top Employers for Working Families Benchmark […]
UK workers experiencing increased stress and less family time
New research suggests that workloads in offices around the UK have gone up markedly over the last year, resulting in increased stress levels as employees work longer hours and have less time for their families and holidays. These are the key findings of an independent survey commissioned by collaboration and work management platform Wrike about digital […]
Employees want to work more hours
Research conducted by Reed in Partnership into the scale of “underemployment” shows that one in 10 employees want to work more hours. The research, based on official employment figures, reveals that the number of workers who want to work more hours rises to one in five among part-time employees. It also found that the gap […]
Londoners work more hours than Parisians
A new survey by UBS shows that London ranks 17th on a list of the 18 countries that work the fewest hours, with employees racking up an average of 1,740 hours per year. If you’re looking to work less, you may want to consider heading across the Channel, where Parisians clocking the fewest hours at […]
The nation’s hardest working women revealed
Women in full and part-time work in London, Scotland and the North West are on average working the most hours in the UK, while female millennials are the hardest workers. This is according to new analysis by blow LTD, the leading online fast beauty provider. blow LTD’s analysis follows the news that the number of […]
American women work longer hours than Europeans
It seems American women work longer hours than their European counterparts, according to a report put together by Credit Suisse. A chart included in the research report shows that 65% of American women work more than 40 hours a week, compared to 30% of German women and 20% of French. The UK has the second-lowest […]
