Asynchronous work is a way of working that doesn’t require everyone to be at work at the same time. And when it’s done right, it can improve productivity, boost retention and lay the groundwork for successful, fruitful collaboration. Interested? Read on for our full guide to asynchronous work — and why you should be doing it.
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In this article, we’ll discuss what this trend looks like in practice, explore some of the reasons behind it and consider whether it could help to plug some of the gaps created by the Great Resignation and the labour shortages that are still impacting many industries in the UK.
Whether you’re still thinking about making the leap into a freelance career, or you’ve been freelancing casually on the side for a while, this article is for you. In it, we share our top tips for beating the odds and becoming a successful freelancer in 2023.
This week, we wanted to zoom in on Poland, a country that’s currently seeing a significant amount of change. For example, as we discussed a few weeks ago, the Polish government plans to make two significant increases to the national minimum wage in 2023. We wanted to find out more about this and some other changes that are around the corner — so we caught up with Michal Czernek, CXC’s Business Development Director for the Central and Eastern Europe region (CEE).
It would seem obvious, that the pace the inflation in Poland is growing, will influence Polish labour market. We would expect increase requests for raises in salaries, employees changing jobs for higher paid ones. While both of these occurrences are happening, one other path is being chosen by Polish citizens – They are looking for gigs.
The correct classification of gig workers has been a hot topic over the past few years. From changes to IR35 legislation in the UK in 2021 to the proposed EU Directive on Platform Workers that’s set to come in early next year, we’ve heard plenty about how changing legislation could impact workers and the companies that engage them.
Providing fairer working conditions for platform workers is the main purpose of the Platform Work Package, a set of guidelines released by the EU Commission in December 2021. But for platform operators, the proposed new rules represent a lot of uncertainty.
This is an additional payment paid to employees, usually (but not always) at the end of the year. It’s not a Christmas bonus — which is typically tied to the success of the employee or the business as a whole. But it’s also (kind of) outside of the employee’s normal salary.
Instead of simply working from home, many remote employees (not to mention freelancers and self-employed business owners) are taking advantage of this situation and jetting off with just a laptop to exotic destinations around the world. This allows them to travel, experience new cultures and even learn new languages — all without interrupting their careers.
According to the latest data, almost 5 million refugees have entered Poland from Ukraine. More than 90% of them are women and children. Of course, a large group of refugees will not stay in Poland permanently, but assuming that “only” 20% will stay permanently, this means that Polish labor market will have to absorb about 500,000 women who want to provide for the same number of children.