Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 17, 2023

The survey of over 1,000 businesses, of which 96 percent were SMEs, found just 27 percent of respondents predict their staff will be fully in-person over the next five years. 47 percent anticipate their staff to be mostly in-person, 16 percent expect mostly remote and 8 percent fully remote.

Confidence 105

Confidence Legal Finance Purchasing 105

Workplace Insight

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Thomson Reuters Future of Professionals C-Suite Survey reported on responses from 148 C-Suite leaders (CFOs, CEOs etc) from the United States, United Kingdom and Canada. More broadly, among CEO respondents, more than one-third (35 percent) said they thought Gen AI could help them improve employee engagement and wellbeing.

Policies 59

Policies Legal Training Collaborate 59

Workplace Insight

APRIL 17, 2024

This year’s edition tracks research, development, technical performance, responsible practices, economics, policy, public opinion, and more. Generative AI, a powerful new technology, even shows promise in assisting with legal tasks like contract drafting.

2023 59

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Allwork

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They will most likely have a comprehensive understanding of their own ways of working, so it’s important to gain their input when designing an office space, this could be done by conducting workshops with employees or surveys to collate feedback.

Environment 246

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Workplace Insight

APRIL 24, 2023

The survey of 889 employees working in the UK Capital Markets and Legal industries found that only 25 percent of IT decision-makers say they noticed a substantial improvement in productivity following the implementation of hybrid working. Despite these reservati9ons, firms are still keen to push ahead with hybrid working.

Legal 52

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Workplace Insight

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on organisations to consider both their legal obligations and their workers’ rights before they implement any employee monitoring in the workplace. We are urging all organisations to consider both their legal obligations and their workers’ rights before any monitoring is implemented.

Legal 64

Legal Filing Social Media Policies 64

Practically Perfect PA

JUNE 28, 2017

As professionals, we all recognise the huge moral and legal obligation to take more serious responsibility for the safety of our staff travelling on global business trips. This policy around Duty of Care is an important element of customer service for business travellers and TMC’s making online hotel bookings.

Travel 165

Travel Legal International Customer Service 165

Bonnie Low Kramen

JUNE 1, 2021

Make no mistake – a workplace revolution is happening right now and these types of conversations, decisions, and new policies are being formulated right now. WORK FROM ANYWHERE IN ANY TIME ZONE + IN-OFFICE WORK = HYBRID = NEW POLICIES. So…when they choose to move, what happens to their compensation?

Salary 97

Salary Policies 2020 Legal 97

Workplace Insight

APRIL 29, 2024

We now have a policy of not offering ourselves as an outlet for any of the deluge of comment pieces and surveys that are published each year to accompany the various days – and increasingly weeks – dedicated to certain conditions like stress and anxiety. They are a gift both to and from the PR industry.

Stress 97

Stress Gifts AT&T Policies 97

Success

MAY 20, 2022

An online survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in 2019 found that 49% of respondents saw revenue boosted by partnerships and 77% of respondents saw “partnership development as central to their 2019 sales and marketing strategy.” . Create policy for the event that a new innovation stems from the partnership.

2012 239

2012 2019 2005 Purchasing 239

Allwork

MARCH 6, 2024

Proactive measures like nurturing a strong company culture and having clear policies and reporting systems are key in preventing and addressing workplace harassment, bullying, and violence. Company policies can play a big role in preventing toxic behavior that can escalate to more serious cases of bullying, harassment, and workplace violence.

Environment 312

Environment Gossip Legal Policies 312

Success

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

To achieve your goals, you must develop a customer care policy that’s understood and adhered to by every member of your team. In both cases, your teams may rely on “the fine print” to cover your company legally from overpromising. Even a single survey question can help you learn if your clients’ needs are satisfactorily met.

Gifts 278

Gifts Customer Service Policies Social Media 278

Allwork

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Two-thirds of the over 1,200 professionals interviewed in Thomas Reuters’ recent “Future of Professionals Survey” said that they believe AI will be high-impact or transformational in their profession over the next five years. In our most recent survey, that was last June, was actually just 32%,” Andrews said. “I

2024 290

2024 Legal Policies Interviewing 290

On The Job

JULY 22, 2010

While many employers wring their hands over the use of social media by employees at work – fearing legal problems or lost productivity – the evidence is mounting that letting employees tweet or check Facebook during their workday is not only inevitable, but it may make good business sense. Heres the column I did for Gannett/USAToday.com.

Social Media 100

Social Media Facebook Twitter Legal 100

Workplace Insight

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

New guidance on menopause in the workplace, setting out employer’s legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, has been issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Under the Equality Act 2010, an employer will be under a legal obligation to make reasonable adjustments and to not discriminate against the worker.

Legal 94

Legal 2010 Policies 94

Allwork

MARCH 31, 2024

Data published in the PwC Global Crisis and Resilience Survey 2023 reveals that 91% of companies have experienced at least one event, other than the pandemic, that has “disrupted their business in the last two years.” A number of these disruptions occur as natural phenomena and are often referred to as “Acts of God” in the legal field.

Legal 299

Legal Agencies 2023 Equipment 299

On The Job

OCTOBER 6, 2008

Specifically, under federal law, a “hostile work environment” means that “unwelcome comments or conduct based on sex, race or other legally protected characteristics unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment.” “A

Stress 100

Stress Environment Legal Policies 100

Ideas.Ted

JUNE 24, 2021

In this book, she presents evidence that while large philanthropic donations and headline-making policy changes may get most of our media attention, they are not the only tools to achieve peace. White Americans today earn 13 times the median income as Black Americans, according to policy analyst and racial justice advocate Heather McGhee.

2019 139

2019 Social Media Medical Policies 139