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Amongst Glassdoor’s highest-ranked executives, with whom Ain shares his heady-ranking position, are Apple’s Tim Cook, Google’s Sundar Pichai and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. All employer’s renown for their employee-minded ethos, which means Ain must be doing something right: so, what is it?

Editorial director, Nick Peters chats to Kylene Zenk, of Kronos, all about Industry 4.0 and how it will affect employee engagement.

With Blue Monday coming up on 16 January, morale is low across the UK. New research shows employees are more likely to pull a sickie in the first quarter (January to March) than any other time of year.

When you consider that manufacturing touches every aspect of our lives, it’s imperative we do all we can to close the skills gap. Is the time right for a UK Manufacturing Day to help focus more attention on the skills gap? Absolutely, says Kronos UK's Rob Hiron.

Traditionally Christmas is the time of year when people want to wind down and focus on family and friends, however new research from Kronos has revealed that most UK employees won’t enjoy the festive period this year as a direct result of work demands.

The productivity puzzle has left economists, politicians and business leaders baffled, but part of the solution could be very simple – keeping the workforce happy.

Winter is a challenging season for employers, especially those needing to increase employee performance and productivity in the busy run up to Christmas. The clocks have gone back and the darker and colder winter days tend to come hand in hand with a drop in staff morale. This, combined with the rise in absenteeism due to winter related illnesses, means maintaining the smooth running of the workplace can become even more challenging.

The “Christmas Shift” research reveals the attitudes of UK employees towards working over the festive period and identifies significant differences of opinion based on gender and age.

51% of UK employees have cited ‘job demands’ as the main reason why they can’t enjoy the festive season, with 20% working Christmas Day.

With manufacturers intently focused on the technology element of Industry 4.0, the workforce management company Kronos warns that maximum benefit can only be achieved if equal attention is paid to the people operating it. Nick Peters reports.