Study calls for ‘big brother’ COVID tracing tech to be regulated
Technologies, such as track and trace apps, used to halt the spread of covid-19 have to be thoroughly examined and regulated before they are rolled out for wider adoption, to ensure they do not normalise a big-brother-like society post-covid-19. That’s according to research conducted by Jeremy Aroles, Assistant Professor in Organisation Studies at Durham University […]
Only 20% of workers happy with employer COVID-19 planning
Research carried out by The Workforce Institute at UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) has found only a fraction of employees (20%) felt their organisation met their needs during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. But there is a silver lining: a third of employees globally (33%) say they trust their employer more now than before the pandemic began […]
Data shows workers reluctant to return to offices
The number of workers heading back to the office has increased in fewer than half of the UK’s biggest city and town centres. That’s according to the latest data from the Centre for Cities High Street Recovery Tracker, which reveals that in central London and Manchester, early August weekday footfall rose by just one percentage point […]