Workplace Insight

JUNE 26, 2023

A recent report from the Centre for Cities warns hybrid working will result in an “unintended economic impact” and is calling on national government and the mayor of London to do more to remove barriers to getting people back into the office. However, this can’t come entirely at the expense of flexibility and balance.

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Ask a Manager

MAY 12, 2020

A reader writes: I’m furloughed, along with about 98% of my organization (~35,000 people), the vast majority of them public-facing retail. – I receive an additional $600 per week via the federal government package. And the media and the government haven’t done a good job of educating people about the math.

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Attendance Bot

MARCH 10, 2025

Retail Industry: Optimizing Workforce Scheduling A major retail company leveraged people data analytics to predict peak shopping hours and adjust staffing accordingly. People analytics dashboards help businesses understand remote work dynamics, optimize collaboration, and support workforce flexibility. The result?

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 9, 2024

Social distancing requirements during the pandemic meant that non-essential businesses were paused or partially closed by the UK government. Under the government scheme, employers could apply for financial grants to furlough workers and pay them 80 percent of their wage to stay at home.

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Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 11, 2022

This flexibility is why volunteering is one of the most popular CSR activities. Moreover, the global furniture retailer works to reduce energy consumption. Their technology has also revolutionized the Indian government's preventive healthcare system. Community And Virtual Volunteering. It is engaging.

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Ask a Manager

MARCH 31, 2021

Emily is currently attending a very prestigious graduate school and has a government scholarship which pays her fees and gives her a living allowance. She surely can’t expect to have a retail job and never have to help out by picking up extra shifts from time to time, even if it is inconvenient. But I need her to care more.

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Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 14, 2020

She has excellent customer service and with all the extra chaos of this year she has had a great attitude and been super flexible with all the constant changes. With everything going on I stayed at my retail job and am still living at home collecting some government aid on top of that kind of just trying to wait this out.

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Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s the sort of place that hires pretty much only graduates, and an obsessive interest in reading is an absolute must — for a retail job, it’s much more of a career than is typical. My two weeks notice only counts as one week? I’m currently a secretary at a hospital.

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Ask a Manager

MAY 3, 2018

Here’s some explanation of what’s generally behind residency requirements, although you normally only see them with local government jobs, not with private employment.). That’ll probably get the discussion going, and at some point in there he could ask, “Is that a firm requirement for the position or is there any flexibility?

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All Work

MARCH 23, 2023

Across the country, local governments are seeking ways to activate space that is suffering from a decline in daytime population. When the street level is empty, property owners, local governments, and nearby communities suffer. Retail environments have suffered from overbuilding/oversupply and competition from ecommerce.

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Great Place to Work

JULY 1, 2021

The connection between purpose; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors ; employee engagement; and business results. The cornerstone of achieving these remarkable outcomes lies in directing your attention toward your workplace's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Governance – How are decisions made?

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Work Life

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

The Japanese government first expressed support for a shorter working week in 2021, after lawmakers endorsed the idea. A recent government white paper on “karoshi,” the Japanese term that in English means “death from overwork, said Japan has at least 54 such fatalities a year, including from heart attacks.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 12, 2024

This is bolstering the investment case for housing, logistics and alternative sectors, notably data centres, and in turn complements the industry’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda, though market conditions may slow progress on ESG compliance.

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Workplace Insight

JANUARY 27, 2025

A new report from the social enterprise Timewise claims to reveal a growing divide in the UK workforce, highlighting the increasing gap between frontline workers, such as nurses, cleaners, and bus drivers, and office-based employees when it comes to flexible working hours and patterns. There are currently 10.5

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Work Life

APRIL 12, 2025

As more people opt out of marriage, I expect that governments, businesses, and financial systems will adaptjust as they did in response to womens economic independence. Streaming, phone, and retail memberships offer family plans with no option for solo users subscribing as part of a group. Career flexibility is another key advantage.

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Office Snapshots

MARCH 12, 2025

It sits atop a ground floor level that plays host to historic German Cultural Museum space and a new white box retail space, which will likely provide food service offerings to coworking tenants and community workers in nearby government buildings.

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McKensey

JUNE 11, 2025

Additionally, it’s important to also put in place enablers to ensure success, including a robust operating model and governance framework, comprehensive metrics to track progress, a road map for digital priorities, and alignment among top executives. This article was edited by Jana Zabkova, a senior editor in the New York office.

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Workplace Insight

MARCH 18, 2025

Young women are urging employers to improve flexibility, provide more notice of shift rotas and cancellations, and invest in training and skills development for workers on zero-hours and fixed-term contracts as new research from Young Womens Trust suggests that insecure workers are feeling trapped, disposable, undervalued and unprotected.

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Work Life

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A handful of trade groups argued the move would harm businesses and lead to costs that would potentially result in employers’ needing to cut jobs or limit their workers’ hours. ” Friday’s ruling is a bit of déjà vu.

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