Tag Archives: Workplace equality

  84% use smartphones in the workplace 78% regularly respond to text messages during working hours   online assessment   120 hours per year – spent on smartphones   The average British worker spends as many as 120 hours per year using their smartphones in the workplace, according to research.   Research of 2,012 UK… Continue reading →

__   Court decisions due on workers’ rights, holiday pay and religious discrimination Organisations keeping an eye on employment case law may experience a sense of déjà vu this year as some of the ‘cases to look out for’ that featured in last year’s previews are subject to further appeals this year, and others, which… Continue reading →

A fifth of female employees are forced out of their jobs after becoming pregnant, suggests TUC study Women who become mothers before the age of 33 earn 15 per cent less than their female colleagues without children, according to a survey from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) released to coincide with today’s International Women’s Day. The… Continue reading →

Almost half (48%) of 25- to 34-year old workers are not eligible for the rewards and benefits offered by their employer This is according to One4All Rewards’ Push The Button report, which found that 29% of UK workers cannot make use of the rewards and benefitsprovided by their employer, with the figure rising the younger… Continue reading →