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Offering flexible working options is key to tapping into larger talent pool

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — Being open to flexible or hybrid forms of working opens the talent pool for businesses, granting them access to a wider range within the labour market, according to Minister for Employment Mims Davies, MP. It was a position shared by Steve Collinson, HR director of insurance firm Zurich UK, which has…
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60% of UK adults were working from home during pandemic

Employees saved £44.78 a week on average by working from home but one in five also struggled with loneliness LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — As much as 60 per cent of the UK’s adult population was working from home at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to research conducted by Finder UK, an online comparison…
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Employees’ opinion of working from home slowly becoming more positive

Employees’ opinion of working from home slowly becoming more positive LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — The working population is slowly starting to realise and embrace the benefits of working remotely, according to the findings of a HubbleHQ survey. In outlining the report’s findings, technology organisation Cybercrew said, “If there was ever a time to prove to…
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CIPD calls for shift to end bias against remote working

CIPD CEO calls for cultural shift to end bias against remote working LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — More efforts must be made to combat bias against remote working, asserted Peter Cheese, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), who called for a cultural shift to adjust the sentiments some employers have towards working…
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