On 27 February FMJ will be hosting a webinar in partnership with workplace management solutions provider, Matrix Booking, to discuss the challenges posed by managing hybrid work models, meeting sustainability targets, and dealing with economic pressures, which have long required ...
Read More »Flexible working: how facilities managers can create the perfect balance
On 27 February FMJ will be hosting a webinar in partnership with workplace management solutions provider, Matrix Booking, to discuss the challenges posed by managing hybrid work models, meeting sustainability targets, and dealing with economic pressures, which have long required ...
Read More »Majority of office workers would refuse a job that doesn’t offer remote or hybrid working
New research has revealed that three-quarters of people would turn down a job that doesn’t offer hybrid or remote working, while flexi-working is also preferable to a four day week. With large businesses such as Amazon, Boots and JP Morgan ...
Read More »Better together
Matt Bailey, workplace analytics specialist at Matrix Booking explains why flexible working means FM can’t go it alone. Collaboration across multiple departments is key to delivering a successful workplace The rise of flexible working has reshaped the way businesses operate, ...
Read More »UK firms push for in-office presence to boost engagement, contradicting a leading benefit of remote work
The trend of flexible work models is gradually shifting, as almost two-thirds of UK companies (60 per cent) have implemented a formal policy that requires employees in the office for a minimum number of days a week. That’s according to ...
Read More »Flex not less
Employers might need to rethink their approach to the work week and consider the benefits of greater flexibility to improve productivity says Lucy Bisset, Director of Robert Walters North The days of the traditional work week may be numbered, with ...
Read More »Beyond the Office: Implementing a Global Remote Working Policy
By Loraine Perkins Owner / Co-Founder, DSE Assessments Ltd The notion of ‘remote working’ is not uncommon these days. Many, if not most office-based businesses offer some form of hybrid / flexible working to some, if not all their workforce. ...
Read More »New study reveals giving frontline workers greater control over their working patterns improves health and wellbeing
A new major two-year project by the flexible working consultancy Timewise and the Institute for Employment Studies, backed by Impact on Urban Health has found that frontline workers who gain input and control over their working pattern DO see wellbeing ...
Read More »Supporting a hybrid workforce, do smaller estates hold the answer?
New flexible working regulations came into effect on 6 April 2024. While some employers are attempting back-to-office mandates, others are incentivising workers to come into the office for at least three days a week. With FMs tasked with enhancing facilities ...
Read More »Can switching to ‘chrono-working’ improve mental health?
A survey from specialist recruitment consultancy, Robert Walters, has revealed that two-fifths of professionals feel that their mental health could be improved by ‘chrono-working’ – the process where companies allow you to choose work hours according to your natural sleeping ...
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