Event: Aprils agiLab Session
Our next agiLab session will be held on April 28th. Presentation themes will include work intensification and the hidden challenges of...
News: Could out-of-hours communication bans do more harm than good?
Portugal has recently restricted employers ability to contact staff out-of-hours, but what are the downsides, if any? Click here to find...
News: The development dip: Has remote working stopped us learning?
Working from home has made our lives easier but the art of absorbing knowledge and expertise from others much harder. Article from the...
News: Is the ‘right to disconnect’ a red herring?
In recent weeks the ‘right to disconnect’ has been re-emerging as a potential policy of interest. As many of us are still working from...
News: Ping, read, reply, repeat: how to break bad email habits at work
It is an impressive feat that work email has managed to reign supreme as the most prolific and favoured communication tool in today’s...
Portugal bans bosses texting after work: will the UK follow suit?
Portugal recently passed legislation making it illegal for bosses to text their employees after work. Business Leader were interested to...
News: How online meetings are levelling the office playing field
Interesting article from The Guardian - Far from suffering ‘Zoom fatigue’, many women have found the move to online meetings empowering....
Event 1 Dec:Digit Debates - Skills for the Planetary Labour Market–Indian Workers in the Platform...
... Economy With 560 million internet users, India is the second largest digital market in the world. People between 20 and 39 years of...
Event 24 Nov: Digit Debates - Do workers need a legal right to disconnect?
Increases in home-working during the pandemic have led to a renewed focus on the impact of connectivity ‘overload’ on workers. An impact...
Event 17 Nov: Digit Debates - Connectivity–OECD perspectives and policies to expand network coverage
Connectivity is at the heart of the ongoing transformation to a digital economy. However, while connectivity is increasing in countries...
Event 10 Nov: Digit Debates - Mind the gap: Digital platforms and the future...
of social and employment protections Digital platforms have reshaped the working lives of millions and the consumption patterns of many...
Event 3 Nov: Digit Debates - Diversity and Digital Exclusion: developing an inclusive agenda
As tech becomes increasingly influential in our lives, we need to take further steps to ensure it works for everyone. Nimmi Patel, Policy...
Event 20 October: Digit Debates - The Gender Wage Gap in an Online Labour Market: The Cost of Interr
Why do women earn less than men on Amazon Mechanical Turk? In this talk, Abi Adams-Prassl discusses her research analysing gender...
News: How zoom fatigue most affects women and newbies
Fascinating new research from the BPS indicates that zoom fatigue impacts some of us more than others: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/10/...
Sussex 4-day Week Study
The Sussex 4-day Week Study is an exciting new research project, investigating how a 4- day week can benefit businesses and organisations...
News: Tackling proximity bias in the workplace
Humans tend to respond more positively to people they see, but what does this mean in a new world of remote working? An interesting...
News: The legal right to disconnect could become the norm in Europe
"The right to disconnect refers to rules that say an employee should not be expected to field work calls and emails, or communications...
News - Remote workers work longer, not more efficiently (Economist)
A new study of more than 10,000 employees at an Asian technology company between April 2019 and August 2020 found that total hours worked...
News: agiLab's first session
Our first agiLab session was held in May 2021. Presentation themes included legal elements of agile working and a thought leader talk on...
News: Making remote and hybrid meetings work in the new future of work
Blog post from Microsoft Research: Recent findings in the Work Trend Index show that remote meetings are both a growing pain point for...