4. Four days' work for five days' pay: does it work?
It has been billed as the biggest overhaul of the working week since the carmaker Henry Ford introduced the five day week in his factories almost a century ago. A number of UK companies have signed up...
8 Dec 202223min
3. Four days' work for five days' pay: what the experts say
A host of UK companies have been taking part in a six-month trial aimed at overhauling the traditional five-day working week. They’ve structured their businesses to work on a four-day week instead, wi...
7 Dec 202225min
2. Four days' work for five days' pay: what employees have to say
It’s billed as the biggest overhaul of the working week since the carmaker Henry Ford introduced the five-day week in his factories, almost a century ago. A number of UK companies have signed up to tr...
6 Dec 202217min
1. Four days' work for five days' pay: rethinking our working hours
A host of UK companies have been taking part in a 6-month trial aimed at overhauling the traditional five-day working week. They’ve structured their businesses to work on a four day week instead, with...
5 Dec 202224min
Politics in the workplace: how to deal with opposing views
A recent survey in the US found that four in 10 employees had left a job because they felt their values were stigmatised, but how does that sit with a growing number of companies and chief executives ...
29 Nov 202218min
What’s the point of HR?
HR has an image problem. For some managers, the phrase “human resources” has become synonymous with the idea of needless corporate policies that get in the way of growth. From the employee's perspecti...
22 Nov 202218min
How to win the war for talent
Businesses are competing to attract the people they consider the most skilled workers, but if hiring challenges can be described as a war, then the past two years have been one long battle. Host Isabe...
15 Nov 202218min
The loneliness of the long Covid employee
Tens of millions of people worldwide are believed to be suffering from long Covid, experiencing symptoms lasting for more than four weeks after they had Covid-19. Host Isabel Berwick speaks to Jana Ja...
8 Nov 202215min
