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Everyone's invited | How one business made their office design so alluring no-one wants to WFH
One employer's focus on low-stimulation zones, pet-friendly areas, and natural light...
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'Firmer patterns' | UK office attendance 'settling' at highest level since before pandemic
UK office attendance appears to be settling into a new pattern, with more than four...
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'Flexibility is key' | Younger employees driving office return; older colleagues remain reluctant to end WFH
Younger employees are more likely to embrace office working than their older colleagues,...
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Toilets, toenails & tuna | The most viral workplace 'icks' on Reddit, revealed
From public put-downs to putrid breakroom behaviour, these viral workplace 'icks'...
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10 Downing Street | What the UK's most famous office highlights about the RTO debate
A LinkedIn post about the working conditions at 10 Downing Street highlight the core...
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‘Leaner’ | Cabinet Office to shrink by a third as 1,200 civil service jobs axed
900 other workers will be reshuffled to other Whitehall departments...
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‘Disciplinary action’ | Meet office attendance policy or else - Is Vodafone's warning to staff the right way to RTO?
'Continued non-compliance' at Vodafone could result in a written warning & missing...
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‘Symbolic’ | Asking senior staff to use 'junior' desks could signal a demotion, tribunal finds
A senior estate agent was right to feel his seating arrangement signalled a 'demotion,'...
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Desk wars & dodgy wifi | JPMorgan's return-to-office is off to a bumpy start
Last week, JPMorgan Chase's controversial return-to-office finally came into effect,...
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RTO | Office expansion doesn't mean an end to hybrid, Revolut CEO says
'We care more about what you do than where you do it,” CEO Nikolay Storonsky...
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Movers Index | Commuting rebounds but travel patterns shift: What it means for employers
British workers are heading back to the office in greater numbers, but their commuting...
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‘Should not create problems’ | Lloyds Banking Group tells staff to meet office attendance requirements - or risk losing bonuses
Senior bankers are expected in the office twice a week...
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Disneyland trip & a Rolex | UK's 'best boss' gives staff £20,000 worth of Christmas gifts
“We wouldn't have profits if the staff were not happy,” the CEO said, boasting...
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‘3 together, 2 wherever’ | BT gets tough on office attendance amid push to 'transform' the business
BT Group will introduce a three-day week office mandate from January, with the Chief...
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‘Grey corporate hellscape’ | Starling Bank staff resign as new CEO demands more in-office work - despite insufficient desk space
The bank's HR team noted they would need to "create more space" in some...
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'Reasonable & justified' | WFH employee's complaint over office attendance dismissed
An employer was within its rights to ask a fully-remote worker to attend the company...
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No going back? | Why RTO may not be a foregone conclusion for business leaders
While some business leaders are declaring that a full-time return to the office is...
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Employee monitoring | Lloyd's of London tracking staff office attendance amid Monday slumps
Insurance giant Lloyd's of London is monitoring employee swipe card data to track...
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'Developing our people' | Santander says office working 'vital' as new hybrid mandate imposed
Introducing an in-office quota, the high street bank says face-to-face collaboration...
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RTO mandates | 2 in 3 UK firms to demand increased office attendance
Almost two-thirds of UK businesses' senior decision-makers will increase the number...
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