Many employers have no strategy yet for dealing with working from home
3 years, 5 months ago

Many employers have no strategy yet for dealing with working from home

Dutch News  

Some three in five employers have not yet made their strategy on working from home clear to staff in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by I&O Research. Officially, the advice is to ‘work from home if you can, and go to the office if you must’, but many companies are now welcoming staff back on location regardless. The survey was commissioned by Anders Reizen, an umbrella group which aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions caused by business travel and which is supported by some of the Netherlands biggest companies, including ABN Amro, Philips, Unilever, Leaseplan and Shell. A clear majority of workers – 74% – want to keep the hybrid form of working which developed during the pandemic, saying shorter travel times and flexible working hours are the main advantages.

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LinkedIn user bats for Work From Home after travelling 4.5 hours daily for office, calls it ‘unfair’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

LinkedIn user bats for Work From Home after travelling 4.5 hours daily for office, calls it ‘unfair’

Live Mint  

Work from the office vs work from home has been a hot topic of debate, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Weighing in on the pros of a hybrid work policy allowing work from home multiple days in a week, LinkedIn user Chinmaya Amte shared how, for him, working from the office means a 4.5-hour commute in a day. The LinkedIn …

Working from home is ‘not doing proper work’ says former Asda boss
2 months, 1 week ago

Working from home is ‘not doing proper work’ says former Asda boss

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Working from home is harming …

Remote staff sleep longer and work less, says ONS
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Remote staff sleep longer and work less, says ONS

The Telegraph  

People who work from home sleep more and work less than those going into the office, official analysis has revealed. Remote workers get an extra 24 minutes of rest and 15 minutes of exercise every day, but work for 10 minutes less on average compared to those who travel to their workplaces, according to the Office for National Statistics. Managers …

Working from home still point of disagreement between staff and CEOs, but new legislation clarifies rules
1 year, 2 months ago

Working from home still point of disagreement between staff and CEOs, but new legislation clarifies rules

ABC  

A disagreement has been brewing in Australian workplaces. Professor Boedker says research shows those working only from home also experience negative impacts on their psychological wellbeing, including "increased frustration, increased negative emotions … increased loneliness and also some degree of anxiety". Evolving hybrid models Ms McCann-Bartlett says KPMG's isn't the only research to suggest "that remote working be dead within …

Why flexible work modes suit disabled employees
1 year, 7 months ago

Why flexible work modes suit disabled employees

Live Mint  

“Although COVID lockdowns have ended, many employees want to continue to work from home,” reads an Australian report from late July. In the Indian context, according to a report in Hindustan Times in January 2021, “people with disabilities…have been disproportionately affected by the economic consequences of the Covid crisis, with thousands of them losing their jobs or being furloughed.” Most …

Want to learn on the job? Go to the office
1 year, 11 months ago

Want to learn on the job? Go to the office

Live Mint  

US professionals who work from the office, rather than from home or in a hybrid arrangement, spend 25% more time on career-development activities, according to data from a US-based team that has been studying work-from-home patterns since the pandemic began. The survey covered about 2,400 adults in the US, and the findings seem to bear out the observations made by …

Employers still allowing work-from-home, but not as much as employees want
2 years ago

Employers still allowing work-from-home, but not as much as employees want

NL Times  

Employees who want to work from home can usually do so for part of the week, but often not as much as they’d like. Employers allow their staff some time working from home but prefer to see them at the office, EenVandaag concluded after surveying over 5,000 people who can work from home, including 300 entrepreneurs with staff. Most employees, …

The optimal place for work is your office and not home
2 years, 1 month ago

The optimal place for work is your office and not home

Live Mint  

Can employees continue to work from home as they did during the covid lockdowns, or should they all come back to office for work as it was before the pandemic? According to a study done by Microsoft among 20,000 employees across 11 countries, a vast majority of respondents, 87% of them, reported themselves productive at work. Solitary cognition, individuals putting …

5 productivity hacks for people who work from home
2 years, 2 months ago

5 productivity hacks for people who work from home

Hindustan Times  

Working remotely has become a common practice for many. This has led to a significant increase in the number of people working from home in recent years, as well as a shift in attitudes towards remote work. Working from home presents a multitude of advantages, including increased flexibility in terms of scheduling, reduced commute time and costs, improved work-life balance, …

COVID saw millions of Australians start working from home. As the pandemic recedes, do we want to return to the office?
2 years, 5 months ago

COVID saw millions of Australians start working from home. As the pandemic recedes, do we want to return to the office?

ABC  

COVID forced millions of Australians into an accidental experiment. "And it's unlikely we're going to go back to the way that things were in the pre-pandemic days of people working in an office full time." The Australian government's Productivity Commission released its working from home research paper in September last year, describing the forced experiment as "a major change in …

Is work from home ruining our mental health? Here's what an expert says
2 years, 6 months ago

Is work from home ruining our mental health? Here's what an expert says

Hindustan Times  

With Covid cases on the wane, offices are slowly opening up and many of them are adopting hybrid work model. While work from home has its own set of benefits as it saves commute time, prevents exposure to harmful pollutants and toxins, allows flexibility in routine, and may be improve productivity, experts say it takes a toll on one's mental …

Hours worked from home doubled since Covid pandemic
2 years, 8 months ago

Hours worked from home doubled since Covid pandemic

NL Times  

The number of hours people work from home has doubled compared to before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study by the Knowledge Institute for Mobility Policy. The increase in working hours at home is particularly visible among people with an office or management position, highly educated people, and people who travel to work by public transport. About half of …

Work from Home to Continue in India? Survey Finds 73% Office Occupiers Want Hybrid Model
2 years, 8 months ago

Work from Home to Continue in India? Survey Finds 73% Office Occupiers Want Hybrid Model

News 18  

The days of remote working for all days of the work week may be over for employees in India as organisations are looking to shift to the hybrid model, a survey has indicated. Ltd, that 73 per cent of office space occupiers in India are evaluating hybrid working arrangements going forward instead of granting work from home to its employees …

Employers, unions agree to let people work from home if reasonable: report
2 years, 11 months ago

Employers, unions agree to let people work from home if reasonable: report

NL Times  

The right to work from home is a big step closer in the Netherlands. Employers and trade unions have agreed in the Social and Economic Council to allow employees to work from home if their request is "reasonable and fair," sources told RTL Nieuws. The right to work from home will not apply to professions in which it is difficult …

36% increase in employees' productivity during work from home: Survey
3 years, 2 months ago

36% increase in employees' productivity during work from home: Survey

India TV News  

36% increase in employees' productivity during work from home: Survey For some employees, working from home has served several opportunities to work independently in more flexible hours. According to a survey by Instahyre, an advanced hiring platform based on artificial intelligence, 87 per cent of the companies have noted that there has been a 36 per cent increase in productivity …

Work from home is the new normal as employers struggle to make the daily grind work
3 years, 2 months ago

Work from home is the new normal as employers struggle to make the daily grind work

ABC  

For many office workers, it's back to the grind. For those people – a huge percentage of the masses that flowed through our central business districts daily in pre-COVID times – the office is now just one place where they can work. The price paid for a smaller mortgage is extremely long commutes – generally to the central business district …

Work goes flexi; so does the workspace
3 years, 3 months ago

Work goes flexi; so does the workspace

The Hindu  

A report by the Confederation of Indian Industry and ANAROCK Group — “Workplaces of the Future” — underlines that the flexibility built into hybrid work models will be mirrored sharply in not only how work is done, but also where it is done. Flexible work spaces — better known as coworking spaces — seems to be high up the order …

Covid: How to maintain productivity while working from home again
3 years, 3 months ago

Covid: How to maintain productivity while working from home again

The Independent  

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Hybrid home working is here to stay, companies say
3 years, 4 months ago

Hybrid home working is here to stay, companies say

Dutch News  

Some two-thirds of companies where it is possible to work both at home and at the office will continue to do so, according to new research by national statistics agency CBS. Smaller firms, accounting for some 60% of Dutch jobs, Companies focusing on information and communication are most likely to go for home working, as are real estate companies and …

Hybrid home working is here to stay, companies say
3 years, 4 months ago

Hybrid home working is here to stay, companies say

Dutch News  

Some two-thirds of companies where it is possible to work both at home and at the office will continue to do so, according to new research by national statistics agency CBS. Smaller firms, accounting for some 60% of Dutch jobs, Companies focusing on information and communication are most likely to go for home working, as are real estate companies and …

Working and studying from home to become part of the post-pandemic norm
3 years, 4 months ago

Working and studying from home to become part of the post-pandemic norm

NL Times  

As a result of the coronavirus restrictions, the Dutch intend to structure working from home and online meetings into daily life after the end of of the pandemic. Twenty-five to thirty percent of students in secondary and higher education said they expect to continue participating in classes from home even after the end of the coronavirus measures, according to the …

Home vs office: What is the best hybrid work mix for workers?
3 years, 5 months ago

Home vs office: What is the best hybrid work mix for workers?

Al Jazeera  

Most US employees on average want to work from home at least two days per week after the pandemic ends, research finds. He recommends companies try a three-two hybrid model in which all employees on specific teams work the same three days in the office and the other two at home. “For a typical worker 50 percent of that is …

Many employers have no strategy yet for dealing with working from home
3 years, 5 months ago

Many employers have no strategy yet for dealing with working from home

Dutch News  

Some three in five employers have not yet made their strategy on working from home clear to staff in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by I&O Research. Officially, the advice is to ‘work from home if you can, and go to the office if you must’, but many companies are now welcoming staff back on …

Commute, flexibility the main reasons to keep working from home
3 years, 5 months ago

Commute, flexibility the main reasons to keep working from home

NL Times  

Most Netherlands residents who currently work from home want to continue doing so after the coronavirus epidemic. A large study presented by the Travel Differently Coalition on Tuesday stated that the average employee who works from home prefers to spend at least half of their working time at home. The main reasons for working from home are saving on travel …

Employers scoring with work-from-home, cheaper than travel allowance
3 years, 6 months ago

Employers scoring with work-from-home, cheaper than travel allowance

NL Times  

Employers saw a significant cost saving during the work-from-home mandate in coronavirus year 2020. Added together, the travel allowances and work from home allowances were almost 10 percent lower than the year before, BNR reports based on an analysis of 1.1 million payslips by payroll administration company Loket.nl. According to Giel Schikhof, labor relations manager at Wissenraedt Van Spaendonck, collective …

Why remote work is a big problem for the economy
3 years, 7 months ago

Why remote work is a big problem for the economy

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Americans are trickling back to their pre-pandemic workplaces, but most offices are still largely empty. The Metropolitan Transit Authority received nearly $4 billion in government funding through the CARES Act, but fare and toll revenues aren’t expected to come back to their previous levels until 2023, according to a report from the Office of the …

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show
3 years, 8 months ago

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show

Dutch News  

Two more surveys on home working in the Netherlands again demonstrate that the practice is likely to continue once the coronavirus pandemic is under control, with the support of both employers and members of staff. The government’s socio-cultural think-tank SCP also published a report on home working on Wednesday which showed working at home allowed people to better balance their …

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show
3 years, 8 months ago

Working from home is here to stay, two more surveys show

Dutch News  

Two more surveys on home working in the Netherlands again demonstrate that the practice is likely to continue once the coronavirus pandemic is under control, with the support of both employers and members of staff. The government’s socio-cultural think-tank SCP also published a report on home working on Wednesday which showed working at home allowed people to better balance their …

Many workers don't feel safe returning to office: Trade Union
3 years, 8 months ago

Many workers don't feel safe returning to office: Trade Union

NL Times  

Many people who worked from home during the coronavirus pandemic, do not feel safe returning to their office now that this is possible again, trade union CNV found in a poll of over 900 people who returned to the office after working from home, ANP reports. Many home workers feel unsafe at the office." The trade union also wants clear …

Does working from home boost productivity? Sometimes
3 years, 8 months ago

Does working from home boost productivity? Sometimes

Al Jazeera  

Working from home can lift productivity for many workers, so long as they go to the office a few days a week, Bank of England staff said in a blog post that reviewed academic research on the issue. The work feeds into a debate about how much home working companies should allow as governments loosen rules aimed at controlling the …

Only 10 percent of home-based workers want to return to office full time: FNV
3 years, 8 months ago

Only 10 percent of home-based workers want to return to office full time: FNV

NL Times  

Only 10 percent of employees want to return to the office full-time after the coronavirus pandemic, a poll by trade union FNV showed. 70% of those surveyed indicated they would prefer to work in a hybrid regime of partly at home and partly at the office in the future. 20 percent of the respondents stated they wouldn’t want to return …

Explainer: As employees, organisations pivot to hybrid work for post-pandemic future, what the model entails for workplaces
3 years, 9 months ago

Explainer: As employees, organisations pivot to hybrid work for post-pandemic future, what the model entails for workplaces

Firstpost  

With the ushering of hybrid workspaces, both companies and their employees are gearing up for a change — an unprecedented step towards businesses that are largely digital, remote support and delivery models, real-time results with minimal delay and also an improved workplace diversity. I call it a ’third place,’ you may want to call it a satellite office.” With the …

Government intervention ‘not needed’ on working from home
3 years, 9 months ago

Government intervention ‘not needed’ on working from home

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Ultimately different organisations have different needs, and they will …

Employees want to work from home two days per week on average: Research
3 years, 10 months ago

Employees want to work from home two days per week on average: Research

NL Times  

A quarter of people currently working remotely said they would prefer to continue working from home predominantly or fully once the coronavirus pandemic has ended. On average people want to work from home for 18 hours per week, accounting for just over two full working days, according to research by TNO. The same research also showed that last month more …

Here's how working from home makes you more productive
3 years, 11 months ago

Here's how working from home makes you more productive

Hindustan Times  

The great work-from-home experiment occasioned by the pandemic has divided opinion in the corporate suite and sparked endless debates about whether employees work as effectively from the kitchen table as they do from the office. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Solomon has called the new arrangements “an aberration” that the investment bank will “correct as quickly as …

One year of Covid-19 pandemic: Companies fighting complexities of hybrid workspace
3 years, 11 months ago

One year of Covid-19 pandemic: Companies fighting complexities of hybrid workspace

India Today  

A year after the first Covid-19 case was reported, it is obvious that the pandemic’s impact on the future of work and workplaces is here to stay. With working remotely it has become even more important for employees to stay connected by attending virtual gatherings, maintaining a high level of enthusiasm, and highlight professional accomplishments. Remote work makes cybersecurity vital …

Quarter of people who can work from home still asked to go to office, union says
4 years, 2 months ago

Quarter of people who can work from home still asked to go to office, union says

NL Times  

27 percent of people who can work from home are still asked by their employers to come into the office. 43 percent still go in to the office at least part of the week, according to a survey trade union did among 1,200 of its members who are able to work from home, Trouw reports. "While we are working hard …

One in four people to work from home permanently
4 years, 2 months ago

One in four people to work from home permanently

The Telegraph  

As many as a quarter of British employees could end up working from home for good, bosses anticipate, as companies plan for permanent changes after Covid. Almost every chief finance officer - 97pc - surveyed by Deloitte expects more flexible and home working in the long-term. Sectors have been able to maintain quite a high degree of effectiveness operating from …

How the pandemic will redefine work in 2021
4 years, 3 months ago

How the pandemic will redefine work in 2021

Live Mint  

Let’s face it, our pre-covid work life is not coming back anytime soon. Work from home is here to stay Even though many companies are planning to reopen offices next year, entry will be staggered. Human resource experts believe organisations will look at a hybrid work model, with people going in to offices largely for meetings or brainstorming sessions. Remote …

The Covid-19 vaccines will usher the dawn of the true hybrid office
4 years, 3 months ago

The Covid-19 vaccines will usher the dawn of the true hybrid office

Wired  

Getty Images / WIRED Office workers won’t grind out a full week 9 to 5 at their strip-lit desk ever again. News of three successful vaccine trials will start to unlock re-entry to open-plan workplaces, but after Covid-19 forced white collar employees to mass work from home, employers are accepting homogeneous work habits are over, and the future of office …

70% of NL employees want to continue working from home after pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

70% of NL employees want to continue working from home after pandemic

NL Times  

A massive 70 percent of employees who are currently working mostly from home want to continue doing so after the coronavirus crisis is over. Despite employees wishes, few employers currently have a policy that facilitates working from home on a structural basis, the union said. It is high time that they started working on it quickly, because working from home …

How work from home has impacted the productivity of an employee
4 years, 4 months ago

How work from home has impacted the productivity of an employee

India Today  

Being locked down during a pandemic situation makes many anxious and stressed. Rather, we were/ are at home during a pandemic crisis, trying to work in the most productive manner possible!’ Let’s first understand how work from home could be productive and efficient in a normal situation. Post pandemic with lockdown imposed by various national governments, organizations are left with …

Coronavirus: How the world of work may change forever
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: How the world of work may change forever

BBC  

Coronavirus: How the world of work may change forever Emmanuel Lafont The future of physical office spaces, and how we'll use them, hangs in the balance as we slowly march toward a post-pandemic world Covid-19 upended our jobs. We’re also examining what happens to people who can’t work from home as well as those whose jobs depend on a steady …

Working from home just as efficient as being in the office, employers say
4 years, 6 months ago

Working from home just as efficient as being in the office, employers say

The Telegraph  

The Government’s drive to get workers back to the office has been dealt a fresh blow as new research reveals almost two thirds of employers believe staff are at least as productive when they work from home. More than half of workers expect they will never return to working five days a week in the office, separate research by broadband …

Has coronavirus and working from home given us the biggest productivity increase of the century?
4 years, 6 months ago

Has coronavirus and working from home given us the biggest productivity increase of the century?

ABC  

One of the most striking responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the sudden shift of around half the workforce to working at home. If working from home eliminated an hour of commuting, without changing time spent on work or reducing production, the result would be equivalent to a 13 per cent increase in productivity. A study by Harvard and …

The campaign to encourage people to stop working from home is ill-judged and ill-timed
4 years, 6 months ago

The campaign to encourage people to stop working from home is ill-judged and ill-timed

The Independent  

Whatever happened to the protective arm around the British people? The campaign to “encourage” people to stop working from home and start working from work is illogical, ill-judged and ill-timed. Businesses such as sandwich bars, pubs, dry cleaners, shops, cabs, gyms and many others that rely on office workers popping out in the lunch hours or after work are facing …

We may prefer working from home but most of us will go back to the office in the end
4 years, 7 months ago

We may prefer working from home but most of us will go back to the office in the end

The Independent  

Only one in six staff have returned to the office in British cities, according to one survey – and the government’s desperation to raise that number prompted one anonymous cabinet minister to say something foolish about working from home: “Companies will realise some people weren’t working as hard as they thought. Even without the threatening language, Boris Johnson’s attempt to …

Nine out of 10 people want to continue working from home despite Boris Johnson's push for return to office
4 years, 7 months ago

Nine out of 10 people want to continue working from home despite Boris Johnson's push for return to office

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New research has found that nine out of 10 people …

Working at home should be regulated in pay deals, biggest Dutch union says
4 years, 7 months ago

Working at home should be regulated in pay deals, biggest Dutch union says

Dutch News  

The FNV trade union plans to make regulations for working at home part of September’s round of pay and conditions talks, following a members’ survey. The government’s coronavirus regulations still require people to work from home if possible, despite suggestions this may change, and this makes regulation more important, the country’s biggest trade union federation said. ‘Now working from home …

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