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Home truths about cutting pay for remote workers
As the furore over cutting pay for home-based workers rumbles on, it seems evident that remote working is still viewed in a negative light despite its overall success during lockdown. Google employees in the US are reportedly facing salary cuts of up to 25 per cent if they continue working from home after the pandemic, […]
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Failure to communicate will destroy employee loyalty
Feelings among office employees are mixed, to say the least, when it comes to returning to the workplace. Some relish the idea and others dread it, while the majority fall somewhere in between. With the Scottish Government yet to confirm when the legions of home workers might begin to be repatriated, the only certainty right […]
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Four-day week risks further divisions among workers
With workers toiling for longer since the onset of the pandemic – one study has suggested that hours in the UK are up by 25 per cent – the momentum for a shift to a four-day week has gained renewed traction. Skills shortages across an array of sectors might suggest the bargaining power exists to […]
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Tackling work pressures should go beyond flexibility
A survey has found that one in four employers are considering introducing a “right to disconnect” policy to try to better help their staff keep their work and home lives separate. The poll by video conferencing firm Owl Labs surveyed 500 business leaders in the UK and found 27 per cent were looking into measures ranging from allowing staff […]
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Lowest-paid should be able to access flexible working
A poll by the TUC has highlighted there may be an “emerging class divide” in the future of flexible working arrangements. The poll found that 60 per cent of people in higher-paid occupations had worked from home during the pandemic, compared to 23% of people with low-income roles. The union body is arguing that “working […]
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Flexibility isn’t just the ‘working from home’ option
We don’t yet know exactly when, but at some point in the coming weeks many of us who have been spending our working hours in the bedroom, dining room, living room or kitchen will start reconnecting with the offices we were forced to abandon more than a year ago. What form this workplace restitution takes […]