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UK Regulator Sets Diversity Targets for Top Executives, Boards

The Financial Conduct Authority has set UK-listed companies three diversity targets, including a goal for at least 40% women on their boards, in the latest move to bolster diversity in the upper ranks of British business. Companies should also have …

Global Executives Want to Ditch Work From Home but Few Follow Their Own Advice

Bosses are hellbent on getting their staff back into the office. It’s just that the rules don’t necessarily apply to them. While 35% of non-executive employees are in the office five days a week, just 19% of executives can say …

Leadership Conundrum: Can Corporate Culture Survive Remote Work Models?

As the world enters the third year of the pandemic, employees in the insurance industry expect to maintain workplace flexibility—a hybrid model—even after COVID-19 infection rates dwindle to safe levels. Now companies will have to navigate this new environment—to find …

Managers at UK Firms Expect to Dial Back Pandemic-Era Flexible Work Arrangements

Many managers at UK companies expect to dial back their pandemic-era embrace of remote work and flexible arrangements once COVID-19 recedes, dampening hopes among employees that many of the changes will endure. A survey of UK managers and human resources …

Only 3% of Employees Want to Return Full-Time to Their Offices: Survey

Just 3% of white collar workers want to return to the office five days a week, according to a poll by management consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates, which warned employees will quit if bosses force them back full-time. A full 86% …

Just 3% of White Collar Workers Want to Return Full-Time to Their Offices: Survey

Just 3% of white collar workers want to return to the office five days a week, according to a poll by management consultancy Advanced Workplace Associates, which warned employees will quit if bosses force them back full-time. A full 86% …

COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping, but Many UK Employees Still Opt to Work From Home

With pandemic restrictions in the UK largely gone, offices are getting busier. Yet vast numbers of desks still remain empty. Even with COVID-19 case numbers flat or falling in the UK, U.S. and much of Europe, many employees are still …

UK Banks Face Surge in Equal Pay Claims After Landmark Ruling Against BNP Paribas

Stacey Macken fought more than eight years for equal pay. Her victory over BNP Paribas SA this week at a London court may encourage a wave of other women to come forward. In an unprecedented order for a UK investment …

FERMA Launches Risk Management Tool for Remote Working

The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has launched a simplified guide to risk mapping for remote working. The tool consists of a simple questionnaire that organizations of any size can use. Using a template of risks and opportunities …

People Should Get Back to Office, Learn to Live With Coronavirus: UK Business Minister

People should get back to the office to benefit from in-person collaboration because the world must learn to live with the coronavirus after a pandemic that has wiped trillions of dollars off global output, Britain’s business minister said on Friday. …