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This week it emerged that television presenter Piers Morgan had stepped down from his role on ITV’s morning news show Good Morning Britain (GMB), following a row over comments he made about Meghan Markle. ITV announced the news after Ofcom stated it would investigate his comments after it received 41,000 complaints from viewers, reported the…
12 months on from the initial Government enforced lockdown that required workers, where possible, to operate remotely, new research from REHAU has found that ‘millions’ of professionals are still working from their original ‘makeshift home office’ set-ups. The study, which polled over 2,000 adults working from home found that 61% still consider their remote working…
Data has found an increasing spike in people seeking help for chronic stress online in 2020, as pressures continue to mount in 2021. Working parents have, in particular, been at risk of a ‘parental burnout’, with women taking on more family and home-schooling commitments alongside their job responsibilities. In fact, parents who have been managing…
How Fujitsu came through the pandemic without using furlough The ICT giant show how they’re using different approaches to keeping productive during the pandemic… More women than men are on the Government’s furlough scheme. Recent HM Treasury data shows that 2.32million women are on furlough compared to 2.18million men. It’s created a system in…
Over the last few weeks, many organisations have signalled a shift towards more flexible working patterns following the coronavirus crisis. The latest to join this increasing list is the multinational oil and gas firm BP, who has told 25,000 office-based staff that they will be asked to work from home for two days a week…
More than half (56%) of UK staff think that workers should be required to take a coronavirus vaccine before being able to return to a central workplace, new data has found. Glassdoor’s survey of 2,000 UK employees also found that more than two in three (68%) staff believe that social distancing and wearing masks should…
The pandemic ushered in a new, remote working world and it is clear that for many companies, it is here to stay. Many organisations have already rewritten their flexible working policies entirely in light of the surge in remote working. Tech giants Shopify, Salesforce and Slack have all implemented new flexible working policies that allow…
Earlier this week, it was reported that the TV presenter Piers Morgan had stepped down from his role on ITV’s Good Morning Britain following a row regarding comments he made about Meghan Markle. His departure was announced by ITV after Ofcom said that it would investigate his comments after it received thousands of complaints from viewers, the…
2020 was the year many people started caring more about their employer’s reputation and its response to crises that affect society as a whole – whether it be COVID-19 or climate change. But our recent study into corporate social responsibility (CSR) tells us that organisations that consult their employees on CSR – and allow them…
Hyperoptic’s three-step approach to 2021 employee experience Hyperoptic tells myGrapevine+ what to put first to create a strong employee experience Hyperoptic, the 2011-founded UK broadband provider, now considered a serious contender to the BT-Virgin Media duopoly, made waves in 2020 by announcing it would reduce long contracts and cut monthly costs to help customers…