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Working from home’s now a culture war, and Dutton’s drawn the battle lines

The post-pandemic phenomenon has changed our working lives. Now, its pros and cons will be debated as an election issue.

  • Jacqueline Maley

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Union vows to fight Dutton’s five-days-in-office edict at the tribunal

Commonwealth federal servants have the right to work from home and three out of five do, at least some of the time. Dutton says this is unacceptable.

  • Olivia Ireland and Josefine Ganko
JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon is growing frustrated at his employees’ work habits.

Sorry, Jamie, but WFH isn’t the disaster you say it is

Right at the centre of the office v home debate, creating news and absorbing much of the impact, sits one solitary man: JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon.

  • Tim Duggan
JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon.

‘I’ve had it’: JPMorgan chief slams Gen Z in leaked expletive-laden recording

Billionaire Jamie Dimon does not appear to be a fan of some of his staff’s work habits.

  • Matt Oliver
Some employees thrive in a structured office environment.

Is returning to the office actually good for productivity?

Many companies are weighing up the pros and cons of asking employees to come back to the office full-time.

  • Téa Angelos
Brendan Foster is living the dream.

WFH is being replaced by a less welcome acronym. Perth, we must fight back

The benefits of working from home have been well documented, but now well enough. Here’s what I think the best part is, and we must protect it at all costs.

  • Brendan Foster
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A redesign of a brutalist building at 412 St Kilda Road by architects Gray Puksand is going against the vacancy trend.

Can a brutalist redesign counter the scourge of empty offices?

Landlords across the country have seen the value of their office towers plummet by around 23 per cent, on average, over the last two years.

  • Simon Johanson
More Australian chief executives are predicting that their workforce will be office-based in coming years.

Australian CEOs keen to pull the plug on working from home

White-collar workers will be back in the office five days a week by 2027, more than 80 per cent of chief executives say in a KPMG survey.

  • Colin Kruger
Craig Costello said he and his wife Sylvia were able to save towards more holidays.

The $85b Australians have saved by ditching the commute

Craig and Sylvia saved $350 a week when they stopped commuting to work and spent the money going to Italy instead. They are not alone.

  • Shane Wright and Millie Muroi
The Fair Work Commission ruled an ANZ employee’s request to permanently work from home was unreasonable.

‘Unreasonable’: ANZ staffer loses bid to work from home permanently

Employee’s plea to permanently work from home because she feared contracting coronavirus has been rejected by the Fair Work Commission.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey

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