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Crisis consumption loop | Is negative news coverage making your staff less productive?
Bad news on the telly isn't just depressing, it's causing a drop in motivation...
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'Copy/paste economy' | UK workers losing up to a day per week managing AI tools
Employees report spending growing amounts of time switching between systems, copying...
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‘Game changer’ | Padel courts & office gyms: Are fitness perks back in vogue?
With searches for 'offices with gym' surging 2,366% in the last year alone, staff...
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Boundaries | Working remotely from a cricket ground? Employers face a new trust test
Will working from a live sporting venue boost wellbeing and flexibility, or risk...
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'Stupid thing' | Police worker 'key-jammed' laptop with nail varnish bottle to avoid 'going off green'
The former constable joins a growing list of workers caught using underhand tactics...
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Illusion of work | 'Keyboard jamming' - What can HR do when employees fake their productivity?
'Keyboard jamming' is back in the headlines. As new cases emerge, what should HR...
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Change programmes | How to shift from 'random acts of wellness' to a structured wellbeing strategy
Stella Gavinho, Group Head of Wellbeing at Entain, says that wellbeing measures won't...
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CEO, Ricoh | The UK's AI productivity is at a fork in the road - what happens next?
Chris Hopton, Ricoh UK & Northern Europe CEO, guests on the CHRO Soapbox to offer...
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'Widened the gap' | Is AI eroding trust in hiring? The number of employers extending probation periods suggests so
HR leaders are extending standard probation periods for new hires, research reveals,...
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'Transformative benefits' | NatWest says AI rollout to 60,000 staff is reshaping work after £1.2bn tech investment
NatWest Group invested £1.2bn in tech, data and AI in 2025, and says the impact...
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‘Untidy cupboard’ | UK businesses 'cannot afford' to let poor wellbeing threaten performance - CBI HR chief
The Chief People Officer at the Confederation of British Industry warns that wellbeing...
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‘Better decisions’ | NHS bosses using AI to deploy staff more effectively amid winter flu 'tidal wave'
As a winter flu 'tidal wave' mounts pressure on NHS workers, a predictive AI...
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Vanity | Corporate wellbeing no longer about 'one-off perks,' Rolls-Royce boss declares
Rolls-Royce's Global Head of Wellbeing says her field is shifting from 'one-off...
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Podcast | CIO, Balfour Beatty: Working alongside HR to drive AI productivity gains
75% of Balfour Beatty staff who use AI report improved productivity, thanks to a...
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Wellbeing | UK could lose 3m+ workers to illness without better workplace health support
More than 3 million adults could be pushed out of work within a decade due to long-term...
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'Productivity crisis' | 1 in 3 employees have called in sick after work drinks
Workplace drinking culture is driving up absences, with almost a third of workers...
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'No need' | ONS workers vote to renew industrial action over hybrid office policy
Union votes for further action in an ongoing dispute over office-working...
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WFH woes | What 'keyboard jamming' cases tell us about productivity paranoia
A lack of trust between employers and staff persists in an era where so many workers...
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'Tactics to deceive' | Ex-detective caught faking work by 'key jamming' while WFH
A former police detective who faked working from home by jamming his keyboard to...
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'Up their game' | 3,000 Lloyds employees at risk of dismissal for underperformance
Thousands of Lloyds workers are at risk of being sacked for underperformance, as...
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