Employee engagement has improved considerably over recent years, and benefits such as remote working and flexi-time are now commonplace. However, changing workplace cultures are putting increasing demands on workers and threatening the work-life balance, with a quarter of employees saying they struggle to relax in their personal time because of work, according to the CIPD. Regular breaks and time off are some of the simplest and most important ways of staying productive at work, and yet UK employees are regularly skipping breaks and not taking their holidays
