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  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Amazon.com
    Amazon orders staff back to office five days a week

    Company says in-person presence makes work ‘simpler and more effective’ as its rolls back pandemic-era remote policy

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  • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The weird truth about work is we actually like it

    Satisfied employees are convinced they are lucky exceptions in a world of toxic bosses and burnout

    Kenneth Andersson illustration of woman sitting at her desk shouting ‘I’m happy!’ while putting one of her legs on her desk, knocking her laptop and coffee off into her colleague, who in turn drops a set of documents from his hand
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    PwC
    PwC tells UK staff it will monitor office attendance

    Big Four firm to send employees monthly working location data as it toughens up on hybrid working policy

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  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Working from home
    London slower to return to office than New York and Paris

    Employers in UK capital should subsidise transport to entice staff back, report on global cities suggests

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  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Employers and the ‘right to disconnect’

    Heavy-handed legislative or one-size-fits-all approaches are not merited

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  • Sunday, 18 August, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The most annoying thing about young people at work

    They are very often right, especially when it comes to working hours

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  • Friday, 16 August, 2024
    Leadership
    Working from beach: will Starbucks’ new remote boss set a trend?

    Brian Niccol’s base in California divides opinion among workplace experts

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  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    Working It
    How Gen X mentors help Gen Z staff to thrive

    Younger workers expect career support, and your older staff may be the best people to offer it

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  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    Rutherford Hall
    Are you a lifeguard? Well then you can’t work from the beach

    A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

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  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Management
    ‘Ill-ish’ and the new rules of working when sick

    A summer Covid outbreak has left staff wondering if they should skip work, come in, or do something in between

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  • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
    Office life
    ‘Gone are the days of taking a phone call in the open’: why office pods are everywhere

    Adaptable architecture and modular furniture are fine-tuning spaces to workers’ needs

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  • Saturday, 20 July, 2024
    Global migration
    Digital nomads bound for south-east Asian sunshine face visa dilemma

    Countries such as Thailand and Indonesia have tried to formalise process but struggle to boost take-up

  • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The new normal of office life

    As working from home persists, companies are rethinking the role of office space

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  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    Work & Careers
    ‘You have to be around for the moment they speak to you’: how teens affect working parents

    Employers are often less flexible with staff who need to care for older children

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  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Anjli Raval
    Should employers monitor more than mouse clicks of remote staff?

    Bosses are encouraged to help employees manage clash of domestic and work responsibilities

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  • Saturday, 22 June, 2024
    Meredith Whitney
    A job too far? The problem of the multi-gig professional

    Now that employers are demanding workers return to the office, trouble is brewing

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  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Anjana Ahuja
    Invested in the WFH argument? Home in on the evidence

    Empirically robust trials are particularly important in evaluating social and economic interventions

    Andy Carter illustration of a person working comfortably and productively from his home environment, while other in office workers around are tired and burnt out.
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Atom Bank
    Four-day week easier than hybrid working, Atom Bank chief says

    UK digital bank has experienced lower staff attrition and sickness since making change in 2021

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  • Thursday, 13 June, 2024
    Working from home
    Wells Fargo fires workers for ‘simulating’ being at their keyboards

    Accusation that bank staff tried to fool managers is latest sign of crackdown on hybrid work

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  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    Working It
    How to fix your hybrid work mess

    Ordering staff to come to the office still doesn’t work. Plus the Office Therapy advice column

  • Sunday, 9 June, 2024
    Pilita Clark
    The fading allure of the foreign posting

    Some companies have found that the impact of the pandemic has intensified a reluctance to move abroad for work

  • Wednesday, 5 June, 2024
    Working It
    Working late? Don’t bother

    There are good reasons to shut that laptop, plus the Office Therapy advice column

  • Monday, 3 June, 2024
    Special ReportUpskilling
    Case study: joining up skills and health support in Wales

    Local initiatives are combining wellbeing and employment assistance to help people enter the workforce

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  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Global InsightDelphine Strauss
    Persuading Europeans to work more hours misses the point

    Shrinking workforce would be better tackled by helping those who don’t want a job to work a little, research suggests

    Blurred image of commuters boarding a train
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    Naomi Shragai
    The difficulty of dealing with death in the workplace

    Most companies have succession plans for senior staff but few prepare for the emotional fallout of losing a colleague

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