World Suicide Prevention Day: A reminder to business leaders

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day 2021. Each year in September, organisations, individuals and communities around the world come together to mark World Suicide Prevention Day, with the aim being to raise awareness of how we can create a world where fewer people...

Changes to self-isolation rules in England

The following article applies to England only. COVID-19: Double-jabbed people no longer have to isolate after contact with positive case From Monday 16 August, people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and those under 18 no longer have to isolate after coming...

The ‘Pingdemic’

Self-isolation rules to be relaxed for double-jabbed key workers, Boris Johnson announces In the first week of July 2021, the NHS Test and Trace app ‘pinged’ 500,000 people, and as a result many businesses were experiencing staff shortages. Staff shortages were...

Four-day week ‘an overwhelming success’ in Iceland

Trials of a four-day week in Iceland were an “overwhelming success” and led to many workers moving to shorter hours, researchers have said. The trials took place between 2015 and 2019, and saw workers paid the same amount for shorter hours. Productivity...