On 27 February FMJ will be hosting a webinar in partnership with workplace management solutions provider, Matrix Booking, to discuss the challenges posed by managing hybrid work models, meeting sustainability targets, and dealing with economic pressures, which have long required ...
Read More »Flexible working: how facilities managers can create the perfect balance
On 27 February FMJ will be hosting a webinar in partnership with workplace management solutions provider, Matrix Booking, to discuss the challenges posed by managing hybrid work models, meeting sustainability targets, and dealing with economic pressures, which have long required ...
Read More »Warning – there are two working Britains and the gulf between them is growing
A new report from the social enterprise Timewise finds there is a widening gap in the UK workforce, between people working in frontline roles such as nurses, cleaners and bus drivers – and office-based staff -when it comes to having autonomy over working hours. ...
Read More »Majority of office workers would refuse a job that doesn’t offer remote or hybrid working
New research has revealed that three-quarters of people would turn down a job that doesn’t offer hybrid or remote working, while flexi-working is also preferable to a four day week. With large businesses such as Amazon, Boots and JP Morgan ...
Read More »Going into the office three or four times a week marks sweet-spot for wellbeing
There is a strong positive correlation between how frequently employees attend their workplace and their overall wellbeing, a new study has revealed. An independent, nationally representative survey of 1,210 UK employees, commissioned by infinitSpace, quizzed remote, hybrid and fully in-office ...
Read More »Better together
Matt Bailey, workplace analytics specialist at Matrix Booking explains why flexible working means FM can’t go it alone. Collaboration across multiple departments is key to delivering a successful workplace The rise of flexible working has reshaped the way businesses operate, ...
Read More »Traditional workweek no longer suits over three-quarters of UK professionals
Seventy-six per cent of UK professionals state that the current 40-hour workweek doesn’t suit them, according to a new poll carried out by talent solutions firm, Robert Walters. With half (51 per cent) stating that switching to a four-day week ...
Read More »New study reveals giving frontline workers greater control over their working patterns improves health and wellbeing
A new major two-year project by the flexible working consultancy Timewise and the Institute for Employment Studies, backed by Impact on Urban Health has found that frontline workers who gain input and control over their working pattern DO see wellbeing ...
Read More »Can switching to ‘chrono-working’ improve mental health?
A survey from specialist recruitment consultancy, Robert Walters, has revealed that two-fifths of professionals feel that their mental health could be improved by ‘chrono-working’ – the process where companies allow you to choose work hours according to your natural sleeping ...
Read More »New flexible working Code of Practice published by Acas
A new statutory Code of Practice on requests for flexible working alongside accompanying guidance has been published by the workplace experts. All employees now have the right to ask their employer if they can work flexibly from their first day ...
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