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The Future of Work

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Some disabled job seekers say they are beginning to feel ripple effects of return to the office mandates.

For disabled employees, the end of remote work is worrying

Momentum for disabled worker employment gains is petering out, and some believe job seekers with disabilities may face a different outlook in 2024.

  • Amina Niasse

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AI is a decision-improving machine, and that’s where the big productivity prize lies.

With the rise of AI, getting a job shouldn’t rely on a uni degree

The likes of ChatGPT and other generative AI is changing the workplace more rapidly than anyone could have imagined.

  • Paul Wahltuch
Every decent sized company seems obsessed with knowing the future.

Why predicting the future might be the easiest job in the world

Every decent-sized company seems obsessed with knowing the future, leading to a surge in “futurologists” trying to predict what comes next.

  • Jim Bright
While paying frontline service workers more is a brilliant idea, this should not be to the detriment of those who work from home.

A pay cut for working from home? Sorry Jeff, but you’re out of touch

While paying frontline service workers more is a brilliant idea, this should not be to the detriment of those who work from home.

  • Victoria Devine
A robot studies some data

In the battle with robots, human workers are winning

Weren’t people supposed to have been replaced by now by the indefatigable go-getter robots who were said to be gunning for our jobs? Turns out we have been underestimated.

  • Farhad Manjoo
Sarah Hunter, managing director of Officeworks, has backed a permanent move to hybrid work.

‘What employees want’: Officeworks boss backs work from home shift

The head of major office supplies seller Officeworks has said she expects hybrid home/office working to be a permanent fixture even after the pandemic.

  • Dominic Powell
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Reigning chess world champion, Norway's Magnus Carlsen, makes a move whilst playing against Italian-American Fabiano Caruana at the final day of the World chess Championship in London, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

What WFH does to the brain

A new study of chess players has given an insight into how our minds function when we work remotely - and it’s a significant downgrade.

  • Miranda Levy
Working from home

It takes more than extra holidays and four-day work weeks to make staff happy

The pandemic has upended the workplace leading companies are throwing life-changing, once unthinkable perks at staff. But that is not enough to keep workers satisfied.

  • Lucy Burton
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Zooming in from the office: The hybrid work-life may be the worst of both worlds

Work life has become more flexible in the wake of the pandemic, now the question is whether it’s sustainable.

  • Emma Goldberg
“I think the traditional notion of going into work in the office isn’t going to really exist anymore,“: Canva co-founder Cameron Adams.

Eight times a year in the office: Canva prepares for ‘fully flexible’ return

High-flying design software startup Canva is readying for a fully flexible return to work once lockdowns come to an end.

  • Cara Waters

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