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Vaillant, a leading manufacturer of gas and solid fuel domestic heating appliance boilers, called for Interchange’s help to install the latest GPRS mobile technology to enhance and develop its service and support business even further.
The solution helped out the company’s national service organisation Heatcall, which provides after sales support through it team of 100 engineers.
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According to one of the world’s biggest staffing agencies, employers will retain the flexible working practices introduced during the recession even when the job market improves.
High-profile deals have seen desperate staff signing up for reduced hours or less pay, instead of risking their jobs. However, employers are keen for the new-found labour market flexibility to become permanent even when demand returns.
It has been revealed that employees who work from home with the correct direction and technology are more productive than those who clock in every day.
This is in response to a survey that revealed nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) of office workers believed they would be more productive if they worked from home.
A review of scientific evidence has found flexible working not only benefits people’s family life, but is also good for their physical and mental health.
The review, conducted by researchers at the Wolfson Research Institute based at Durham University, stated workers who have control over their working hours enjoy better health because they are less stressed and get more rest. It found mental health, blood pressure, and sleep patterns were better among people who could determine their own working hours.
Employers in snow-hit areas were urged to let employees work from home rather than risking dangerous journeys into their workplace.
The weather has caused widespread disruption for commuters, with school closures forcing many parents to stay at home to look after their children. Unions and employers groups are urging employers and employees to take a common-sense approach and advising people to work from home where possible if they are unable to get to work. Continue reading…
Employers have called on the government to create a centralised body that will work with them to tackle many of the UK’s persistent job quality problems.
The Work Foundation surveyed 600 private and public sector employers and found that firms believe decent jobs are linked to commercial and organisational success, but they need clearer guidance in how to create quality roles.
