Office Workers

British women take four times as long to get ready for work on Mondays as they do on Fridays, according to research commissioned by Debenhams. As the week progresses, girls take less time readying themselves for work each day. The survey of 1,000 Debenhams customers also found that men spend more time on Mondays than […]

  Impotence is one of the possible health consequences of working beyond the hours you are contracted to, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal. As well as taking the lead out of your pencil, working late can also damage your heart and raise your blood pressure. According to the study of […]

A recent US survey has found that 44 percent of workers have gained weight in their current jobs. According to the CareerBuilder survey, 32 percent of these weight-gaining workers say that work stress contributed to the extra pounds. As causes for weight gain, workers also cited sitting at a desk most of the day (49%), […]

  The UK workforce believes the days of the traditional office block are numbered, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) survey. More than 1,150 workers were questioned about their personal ambitions and their predictions for the workplace in 2020 and a majority believe remote working will spell the end of the office block and that working […]

Scientists from Heidelberg University in Germany have found that having a stressful job can increase the risk of developing asthma by 40 percent. Most asthma sufferers develop the condition in childhood, but increasing numbers are being diagnosed as adults. The research team tracked 5,000 men and women aged between 40 and 65 over eight years […]

  The Great Place to Work Institute has published its 10th annual UK’s Best Workplaces survey which reveals the best companies to work for in the UK. The survey assesses the relationships between staff and management as well as job satisfaction and employees’ feelings towards their companies. The list is topped by Baringa Partners, a […]

Software security company Clearswift has published has published a research report on the impact of social media and Web 2.0 on today’s workplace. The work identifies a new group of workers – dubbed “Generation Standby” – who never fully switch off from home or work, both taking their work home with them and bringing home […]

  Almost half of office workers whose travel was disrupted by travel restrictions due to the ash cloud had their pay docked or annual leave entitlement cut in April, sscotding to research by Badenoch & Clark. The recruitment company also found that a quarter of employers allowed their staff to work remotely and a third […]

  A Taiwanese company, Caliber Multimedia, has started selling marine algae to offices to keep workers cheerful as they toil away at their desks. The three different “seaweed pets” hail from Japan and grow happily in water-filled goldfish bowls Up to the beginning of March the company had sold 10,000 units of these desktop beasts […]