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WOMEN ‘BLUR BOUNDARIES’ WHEN HOME WORKING
Women working remotely struggle to separate their work and home lives, finds research. Women are much more likely to blur boundaries between work and family life, becoming regularly distracted in work time, often increasing stress levels and making them less...
EZRA IN FREE COACHING OFFER FOR US HEALTH WORKERS
EZRA has teamed up with thought leader, author and founder of The Optimism Company, Simon Sinek, to offer 1,000 US-based frontline healthcare workers three months of free professional coaching. The Gift of Coaching programme, which kicks off this autumn, will provide...
NEURODIVERGENT STAFF MASK CONDITION AT WORK
Almost two-thirds (63%) of neurodivergent employees have ‘masked’ – suppressed emotions, discomfort or thoughts connected to their neurodivergence at work, with negative impacts including stress, anxiety and fatigue, finds a report from Pearn Kandola. Pearn Kandola...
HALF OF UK WORKERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED BULLYING
Many coaches come across clients who are being bullied at work – this is borne out by a survey by law firm Wright Hassall, which finds that 50% of UK workers say they’ve been bullied at work or witnessed bullying. Some 48% of men and 59% of women said they’d been...
NEW ROLE ‘SHIFT SHOCK’ CAUSING WORKERS TO RESIGN
More than half (53%) of UK professionals are quitting new roles due to ‘shift shock’ – a belief that the role is different to what they expected, suggests a survey by recruitment specialist, Robert Walters. The report suggests that shift shock has become more common...
EUROPEAN AI ACT WORLD’S FIRST DIGITAL SAFETY ACT
The European Artificial Intelligence Act, the world’s first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence (AI), came into force last month (August), with implications for systems used in the employment and management of workers. The AI Act is designed to ensure...