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Open competition launched to find design team for new museum of architecture and design in Helsinki

Workplace Insight

The Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design, Real Estate Company ADM, the City of Helsinki and SAFA the Finnish Association of Architects have launched an international, open design competition to find a design team for a new 10,050 sq m (GFA) museum building in Helsinki’s South Harbour.

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58% will go to the office if amenities are worth more than commute cost

Employee Benefits

A Yonder survey of more than 2,000 British adults commissioned by design and architecture studio MoreySmith explored the importance of the office environment for employee wellbeing at work. It found that this figure rises to 68% among 25-34 year olds, as free benefits remain top of the most wanted list for this age group.

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What ever happened to The Great Resignation?

Workplace Insight

Over a period of about six months at the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022, we were told repeatedly that huge numbers of people were about to quit their jobs to move to something better, pursue their dream of self-employment or whatever. But, the proportion of people saying this was more or less the same as it had always been.

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Rethinking Your Benefits Program To Foster Peak Performance

15Five

I remember watching a Ted talk called The Power of Time Off in which Stefan Sagmeister shares how he shut down the entire architecture firm every seven years. (Scroll to the bottom of the post to see the full details of the program.). And everybody has a yearlong sabbatical. Eligibility. Guidelines. Guidelines.

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How to get a contractor’s license

Higginbotham

Past or present employer. All businesses in Connecticut are required to have a Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN) and register with the Connecticut Secretary of State and Department of Revenue Services. This total is to include all labor, materials and other project items. Mechanical Contractor. Past or present employee.

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Over a third of UK adults have suffered discrimination at work

cipHR

New research into workplace discrimination , commissioned by HR software provider CIPHR , reveals just how widespread employment bias is in the UK. Architecture, Engineering & Building (30%). Employers and HR need to introduce practices that prevent and proactively tackle workplace discrimination. Education (41%). =7.