Tag: working

Nick Smallwood, chief executive of the Infrastructure & Projects Authority , giving evidence to the Treasury select committeeNick Smallwood, chief executive of the Infrastructure & Projects Authority (IPA), told the Treasury select committee yesterday (11th November 2023) that hybrid working was having a negative impact...

Who's on first?Timewise, a personnel consultancy that specialises in flexible working, has been tracking the growth of flexible working in the UK workplace since 2016. Timewise’s 8th annual Flexible Jobs Index analysed six million job advertisements nationwide, across all industrial sectors. Some 17% of roles...

Launched by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) last year, Working Minds and is aimed specifically at supporting small businesses by providing employers and workers with easy to implement advice and tools to help them recognise and respond to the signs and causes of stress and...

The results, published by social enterprise and flexible working consultants Timewise, called ‘Making Construction a great place to work – a view one year on’, show a decline in the rate of sickness absence, with flexible working believed to be a contributing factor. The review...

The independent review of working practices in Scotland’s construction industry was published this month by the Fair Work Convention. The reveiew calls for urgent interventions by government, employers, unions and industry leadership groups to improve the quality of work for the 130,000-strong workforce in Scotland...