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Poor job quality leaves people exhausted and at risk of ill health

Workplace Insight

The research highlights that people working in transport and storage, construction, commerce and hospitality – around a quarter of the workforce – reported poorer quality outcomes across a range of indicators. Just one third of workers say they have control over how they work – the lowest rate in Europe.

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Niwa Offices – Toulouse

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The GA floors: demonstration of off-site expertise GA Smart Building has developed a range of products for quality work spaces, ensuring rapid and controlled construction and implementation, while respecting the environment. Cloud The prefabricated toilet modules are transportable to be ready for installation.

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How to tell if you’re going to lose your job to AI, according to a computational neuroscientist

Work Life

Following the Industrial Revolution, jobs that involved physical labor, such as agriculture and construction, were transformed, but not jobs that involved mental work, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers. But even within categories of employment, such as manual labor in the transportation industry, what shifted was job skills.

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Designing For Climate Change: “Optional” Is No Longer An Option

All Work

We are all familiar with the statistics: Human activities are the main driver of climate change , with building and construction activities accounting for approximately 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This article was written by SmithGroup’s Nancy Kohout and Lisa Denlinger for Work Design Magazine.

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TRILUX and Skanska circular lighting project saves 17 tonnes of CO2e and creates inspiring workplace

Workplace Insight

Skanska, the leading construction and development company committed to reducing carbon emissions, partnered with TRILUX to provide a sustainable and inspiring workplace for its UK head office. Skanska, one of the world’s biggest construction firms, recently relocated its UK head office to Leavesden, Watford.

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Press Release: Wellness Workdays Offers SellingWellness - A Workplace Wellbeing Certification for Benefits and HR Professionals

Workplace Wellness

A Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise, we have earned industry recognition, and best practices awards for our clients, including New Balance, Turner Construction, Skanska, Brown University, The Maine Department of Transportation, Rockland Trust Bank, The Maine Bankers Association, Merck KGaA, and Harvard Business School.

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Britain is no longer a nation of shopkeepers, but it is divided by the work we do

Workplace Insight

There’s also a high concentration (at least twice the UK average) of newspaper and periodical editors, managers in transport and distribution, production and process engineers, and events managers and organisers. Around 35 per 10,000 employees here work in these jobs, compared to 12 per 10,000 employees across the rest of the UK.