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PODCAST | Could 'Summer Hours Schemes' help boost staff wellbeing?

Could 'Summer Hours Schemes' help boost staff wellbeing?

As summer draws closer, being able to down tools early for the weekend is a work perk that many employees would likely welcome.

This month, cereal brand Kellogg’s UK has encouraged its staff to take time away from their screens by offering Friday afternoons off work, as part of its Summer Hours Scheme.

In this week’s episode of the podcast, Sophie Parrott, Online Editor of HR Grapevine, sits down with Kieran Howells, Deputy Editor at Executive Grapevine Digital Media, to talk about summer hours policies.

The pair talk about these summer hours schemes, including companies that have been known to offer them, as well as sharing best practice tips on how to implement a scheme like this effectively.

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