Health and safety for homeworkers might not have been on your Top 10 list as you sent employees to work remotely due to COVID-19. Chris Salmon talks us through the legal obligations from a UK perspective: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) reports that the home is the most common location […]
67 days of COVID lockdown, how my work productivity changed while working from home As I’m used to working from home, I figured the Covid home lockdown would be easy. 7 67 days later, here’s what’s changed. I did my first workday from home 12 years ago. Fridays were my work-from-home day. I […]
Parenting can be as stressful as it is life-affirming, which can put extra pressure on adults already dealing with mental health issues. With the need to manage work alongside paying bills and rent, the addition of a few kids can make dealing with day-to-day life overwhelming for parents. But it’s important to remember there’s support and […]
Mental health in the workplace… how often is that discussed at management meetings? According to this Guardian article, seventy million working days are lost each year due to stress, depression and other mental health conditions in Britain. This costs Britain £70-100bn annually, equivalent to 4.5% of the nation’s GDP. Across the pond, in Canada, in any […]
Managing emotions in the workplace Emotions in the workplace and emotional intelligence is increasingly being talked about. In our day to day we come in contact with managers and employees from different industries and sizes. Yet it’s uncommon for many companies to think about the ‘whole’ person when hiring, or in the day-to-day. One CEO once told us, […]
