February
Employers link office attendance to pay, bonuses
Some companies around the world are not just stiffening their office mandates but including them in performance metrics.
The baffling (and little-known) WFH statistic
Businesses are tightening hybrid work rules, but working-from-home levels have so far barely budged.
‘The world has shifted’: CEOs query penalty rates, right to disconnect
As executives ramp up pressure on Labor and the Coalition to do more to reverse a productivity slump, more flexible workplace laws have become a priority.
December 2024
WFH is a mess for ASX giants. It will only get messier
While Australia’s biggest companies have accepted hybrid work is here to stay, they remain uneasy about its impact. The debate is far from settled.
Study reveals the biggest winners from working from home
New research finds flexible working has boosted workforce participation for carers, working mums and people with a disability or health condition.
October 2024
Office mandates on the rise as jobs market softens: experts
The trend back to the office has further to run in the short term as power swings back toward employers. But there may be limits to that shift.
Japan joins the race to woo digital nomads
Meet-ups, start-ups and special visas. Japan is doing everything it can to attract the work-from-anywhere crowd.
Four-day week comes to the finance industry
Insignia has become the first company in financial services industry – known for its long hours – to trial a four-day week for workers, under a union deal that also includes greater recognition of AI.
September 2024
WFH is hugely more productive than CEOs admit
Demands for workers to return to the office full-time have a rose-tinted view of in-person work.
Auditors warn WeWork hubs face ‘uncertainty’
Even though the co-working giant’s US parent has emerged from bankruptcy with considerably less debt, its local loss-making operation faces “significant doubt”, its auditors say.
Amazon orders staff back to the office five days a week
The new rule appears to be the most stringent return-to-office decision among big tech companies and could be a harbinger of more to come.
Deloitte monitors staff logging in from overseas
Businesses that offered flexible “work from anywhere” perks after the pandemic now struggle to keep a lid on workers who relocate around the globe.
Happy lawyers are better ones: Firm provides unique ways to decompress
Attwood Marshall’s location next to Snapper Rocks means lawyers can catch waves to decompress from the stresses of legal work.
Office values drop 22pc in two years. When will they bottom?
That is a big fall in defensive, long-life assets. It’s part working from home, part interest rates. It can’t continue forever, but it hasn’t slowed yet.
London and Sydney workers slow to return to office: study
London workers spend 2.7 days in the office and Sydney 2.8 days, well behind Paris, New York and Singapore.
August 2024
UK workers to gain right to four-day week, business ‘petrified’
A new package of legal rights is set to include “compressed hours”, which lets an employee work their contracted week’s hours in four days rather than five.
Remote working drives down federal office costs
More workers are sharing desks and work stations as part of flexible work, pushing average staff costs down by $850 per worker.
Why CEOs working from home may be the new trend
Starbucks’ new boss Brian Niccol has decided to base himself in California rather than headquarters, dividing opinion among workplace experts.
The best countries for digital nomads to call home
Nine of the top 10 countries for digital nomads’ quality of life are in Europe, including some surprises such as the Netherlands and Norway.
July 2024
‘I’m going to get a margarita, and I’ll be back’: why CEOs work on holidays
With remote work now the norm for large numbers of professionals and connectivity at near constant levels, for many senior people in business, switching off completely is unrealistic.