France: RATP seeks to improve attractiveness with QWL innovations Quality of life at work Introduced just a year ago (c.f. article No. 10475) Aviva’s second parent parental leave program that allows all employees who become parents regardless of gender to take a fixed period of paid leave has proved particularly popular among fathers in the five countries across which the program has been initially deployed (paid leave of 10 weeks in France, 26 weeks in the UK, 12 weeks in Canada, 18 weeks in Ireland, and 16 weeks in Singapore). Aviva’s leap of faith seems to have worked, at least in the UK (in terms of the numbers) and the insurer now hopes that its concept of ‘equal pay parental leave’ will become commonplace.
United Kingdom: occupational health taskforce launched Quality of life at work On 21 February, the UK government unveiled the Occupational Health Taskforce, which is being launched to reduce occupational illness,…
France: flexibility still a priority for employees (survey) Quality of life at work Work-life balance and the quest for autonomy in the workplace are top priorities for French workers. These are the findings of this year’s annual Great Insights survey of over 4,000 employees,…
Italy: aerospace and defence group Leonardo trials shorter working hours Quality of life at work An agreement signed by Leonardo with the FIOM-Cgil, FIM-Cisl and UILM trade unions paves the way for a reduction in working hours of 12 hours a month without any reduction in pay for technical and manual staff working on site. The agreement, which will apply to the group's 31,000 employees in Italy, also includes improvements in terms of work-life balance and benefits in kind.
United Kingdoms: employers divided between returning to the office and maintaining telework Quality of life at work While consultant EY is now monitoring its employees' badges to check that they are sticking to their set working days at the office, a study by arbitration service Acas shows that 30% of the country's employers opted instead to increase remote working time in 2023. Proof that, on the eve of the introduction of a right to flexibility in the workplace from the moment of recruitment, the UK is in the grip of a double movement between "working from home" and "the office".
United Kingdom: two in 10 employees affected by burn-out (study) Quality of life at work Some 20% of employees missed work last year due to stress, according to ‘The Burnout Report‘…
Free Looking back at 2023: four-day week gains momentum Quality of life at work First tested on a large scale in Iceland in 2015, the concept of the four-day week moved up a gear in 2023. Experiments continued around the world under the impetus of the 4 Days Week Global association, but above all, for the first time, it was enshrined in the Belgian Labour Code.
Portugal: 95% satisfaction rate among companies to test four-day week Quality of life at work The initial results of Portugal's four-day week trial, published on 12 December, show high levels of satisfaction among both participating companies and the employees concerned. The experiment resulted in a 13.7% reduction in weekly working hours, from 39.3 to 34 hours per week.
Italy: Lamborghini introduces a four-day week at its plants Quality of life at work On 5 December, after a year of negotiations, the management at Automobili Lamborghini and the FIOM CGIL and FIM CISL trade unions signed a new company agreement for the years 2023-2026,…
EU: over 8 in 10 employees say they have received emails outside working hours (study) Quality of life at work The right to disconnect does not prevent workers from being contacted outside working hours and responding to requests. These are the findings of a Eurofound survey of employees in the European Union, supplemented by interviews with HR managers in four countries (Belgium, France, Italy and Spain).