Hybrid workers get flexible at 4pm

There’s a new data point in the flex work debate. According to researchers at Microsoft (LinkedIn’s parent company), the average work day contains three “peaks” during which keyboard activity spikes: one each in the morning and afternoon, and a third around 10 p.m. The last shift is likely workers compensating for the 4-to-6-p.m. “dead zone,”…

UK faces summer childcare squeeze

A survey has highlighted the growing struggle that parents face with summer childcare in Britain, citing increasing costs and gaps in availability. The average cost for six weeks of holiday childcare has risen to £943 for each school-aged child, up 3% on 2022, according to the data from the Coram Family and Childcare survey. The…