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Promoting/facilitating an evidence-based approach to best practice & research in agile working. Based @ University of Sussex Business School. All views our own.

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

Event - Job Quality in the Future World of Work (7th December, online)

The OECD are hosting this webinar discussing how flexibility in where - and when - to work can improve job quality, but also introduces new risks.

To register: https://t.co/4Q3UYi25ja

[NHS Employers @NHSEmployers]

Read our latest article showing how agile working can address staff retention and satisfaction in the NHS. Get top tips on how to embed agile working into your organisational plans.

@agiLab_Sussex #agileworking #retention https://t.co/TUGov5ZeZO

[Nick Bloom @I_Am_NickBloom]

It is frustrating hearing anecdotes from a few high-profile CEOs and politicians about the end of WFH. If we look at the data instead we see it is the Return to Office died in early 2023. Since then office occupancy and WFH have been flat across the US.
https://t.co/JItD7pbTeS

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

The BBC's The Bottom Line - Back to the Office
An interesting episode with some useful information and discussion on the conundrum of hybrid work.
https://t.co/Va4VNHPgbr

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

How to make an inclusive workplace where everyone is seen
Bupa research suggests 27% of workers felt excluded at work in the past year. This is especially intense for disabled individuals - 46% felt isolated, resulting in increased loneliness & anxiety
https://t.co/wmdLnTaQdj

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

CIPD calls for more open & supportive working cultures to help reduce stress related absence
UK employees averaged 7.8 absence days in the past year, up from 5.8 pre-pandemic. Stress key factor - 76% reporting stress-related absences in their organisation.
https://t.co/fNPWGLTB66

[ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre]

The @ilo is holding a meeting this week to discuss digitalisation and retail work.

The advance report cites work by @digitcentre researchers Dr. Wil Hunt and @steve_rolf.

Read the ILO report here 👇 https://t.co/a0VOQzB3fW

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

We’re excited to present at the NHS London Social Partnership Forum conference on 29 Sept! agiLab’s Research Ops Mgr, Deepali Dmello, will discuss how research & best practices in agile working are developed in partnerships to help improve effectiveness & wellbeing in agile work.

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

How to design menopause leave policies that really support women in the workplace

Revising HR's labelling of menopause-related absences prevents unnecessary "sickness absence procedures" & reassures employees discussing health needs.
https://t.co/tatww91hp3
via @ConversationUK

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

agiLab's Emma Russell has been discussing her latest research on #workemail on the Evolve Workplace Wellbeing podcast, including 4 super-actions which systematic research has shown to improve #wellbeing and #performance when dealing with emails at work.

https://t.co/HSzxaAbGBt

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

Best time to send #email? An upcoming paper on work-email led by agiLab director Emma Russell (@digitcentre), with Tom Jackson (@proftomjackson), Marc Fullman (@fow_researcher) & Petros Chamakiotis (@petros_cham) in the @thetimes by @markysellers

https://t.co/RpovSyC3ZQ

[Petros Chamakiotis @petros_cham]

When is the best time to send #emails? Our forthcoming paper on work-email—led by Emma Russell (@SussexUBusiness @digitcentre @agiLab_Sussex) & coauthored by Tom Jackson (@lborobusiness), @FOW_Researcher and myself (@ESCP_bs @ESCPknowledge)—in @thetimes https://t.co/aD7rj7YoEl

[Birkbeck, University of London @BirkbeckUoL]

Poor mental health is the leading cause of staff sickness absences in the NHS and more than a third of healthcare staff feel burned-out at work. @Profgailk and @kevinteohrh's report calls for intervention: https://t.co/x2XsEKrcBn

[ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre]

Can experts identify 'weak signals' that can help us anticipate how AI will change work and employment?

@BhumikaBilla and Simon Deakin write for the Digit Blog about a recent expert workshop.

https://t.co/AOfFzdupxg

@ESRC @LeedsUniBSchool @SussexUBusiness @CambridgeCBR

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

Quick message to let our followers know that we now have an account on Threads. Find us at agilab_sussex 🙂

#agileworking #flexibleworking #ThreadsApp

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

Great podcast talking about research into technostress on remote workers including some hints & tips on how to avoid it. Thanks @Matthew_C_Davis & @Afshaniqbal04 for sharing

#agileworking #flexibleworking #hybridworking

[ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit) @digitcentre]

✍️NEW BLOG!

Will AI replace the humane in HR performance assessments, lead to a further boom in gig work or freeze worker voice in disputes?

@BhumikaBilla and Simon Deakin discuss findings from a recent workshop.

https://t.co/AOfFzduXmO

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

Acas is revising its 2014 Code of Practice on flexible work requests to reflect expected legislative changes and evolving workplace attitudes towards flexible working.
https://t.co/WW7OE6jtAT

#agileworking #flexibleworking

[Office for National Statistics (ONS) @ONS]

We've published new measures of the things people said matter to their well-being in our Measures of National Well-being dashboard, including

💷 Gender pay gap
🎓 Satisfaction with education system
💻 Digital exclusion
🩺 Physical health conditions

Find out more ⬇️

[agiLab Sussex @agiLab_Sussex]

Inclusiveness links to productivity; chronic illness doesn't imply reduced output. Seeing capacity over incapacity reveals that those with health challenges can be highly resourceful & diligent

Interesting points from @StephenBevan & @ProfCaryCooper

https://t.co/OxuzS9TKxo