HR Magazine is reporting that the Labour Party is promising to extend Work-Life Balance legislation if returned to power in next year’s election. The Government will extend work-life balance legislation by allowing staff to accumulate their overtime and turn it into paid leave, according to Labour’s pre-election manifesto. According to The Choice... read more →
Oct
09
Sep
23
Last week, Gordon Brown announced another shake-up of the rules governing parental leave while at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) annual conference in Liverpool. Plans to extend maternity leave from nine months to one year have been shelved in favour of extending a father’s right to paternity leave. In addition, as an... read more →
Aug
12
The world post-September 11th saw legislation and government activity on both sides of the Atlantic that would never be countenanced outside of these exceptional events. Many critics have pointed to the “Patriot Act” in the US and its apparent curbs on civil liberties that the then-government in Washington was so... read more →
Jul
13
In the middle of this global recession,with redundancies being announced across industries on an almost daily basis, it’s worth considering if you have a back-up plan. In the event of being made redundant, what would you do? The BBC recently ran a piece on Americans’ preparations for redundancy, which in... read more →
Jun
26
Well the Queensland University of Technology certainly seems to think new Apple Macbooks Pros are. As I impatiently await the arrive of my very own new Macbook Pro, I was a little unsettled to learn that the above august educational establishment has warned of the potential injuries from Macbook Pro use,... read more →
Jun
18
According to Dr. Cliff Arnall, you should be quite happy indeed - today, June 19th, is supposed to be the happiest day of 2009. Dr. Cliff, as reported in today’s Telegraph, has a formula for working this out based on access to outdoor activity and social interaction. Apparently, Andy Murray fits... read more →
Jun
13
Do you bring your Blackberry with you when you go on holidays? Do you take the odd furtive look at your emails while you’re supposed to be relaxing? Or do you go the whole hog and take your mobile phone, laptop and everything else you need to do your job?... read more →
Jun
12
The ever-brilliant Gina Trapani of Lifehacker.com fame has a nice piece on getting control of your email over at the Harvard Business “Work Smarter” Blog. Like all tools, email is excellent when used correctly but a nightmare when used without thought. Think of all the email you’ve received that could have been replaced by a... read more →
Jun
11
Marks & Spencer’s Chairman, Sir Stuart Rose, caused quite a bit of comment recently when he questioned the existence of a “glass ceiling” regarding women’s careers in the UK. Citing examples of roles in which women now found themselves, such as soldiers and astronauts, Rose seemed to have missed the point... read more →
May
28
A new study in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology (reported here by the BBC) has found that women are more likely to report failing to meet their own standards in meeting work and home commitments. Statements included in the questionnaire included: “the time I spend with my families interferes with my... read more →