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Have your say | Return to office mandates - are they really a productivity cheat code?
The return-to-office (RTO) debate shows no signs of being settled any time soon,...
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'Collaboration' | What's the key to return-to-office success? McKinsey has some answers
Employers are advised to prioritize workplace practices that impact collaboration,...
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Trump begins | Incoming president takes aim at Federal agencies with DEI rollback and other reforms
Donald Trump issued sweeping executive orders including major changes to the federal...
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‘Strengthening our culture’ | Toyota tells staff to work in-office four days a week from September - or risk being fired
Employees will be allowed to continue working from home on Fridays “subject to...
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'Collaboration & innovation' | AT&T mandates five-day return to office from January
It's an increase from the previously mandated three days of in-office attendance...
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‘As late as May’ | Amazon delays return-to-office for some staff due to insufficient office space
A report from Business Insider revealed some employees have been notified about the...
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'It's about looking busy' | Workers resist Return to Office as debate rages on
As businesses increasingly call for a return to the office (RTO), the gulf between...
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'Flexibility & freedom' | Spotify CHRO doubles down on remote working policy
Spotify's CHRO has reacted to the current drive to end remote working and bring...
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‘We’re all adults here’ | Starbucks CEO hails 'power' of in-office work - but won't up his company's RTO mandate
“This is not a game of tracking. This is a game of winning,” Niccol told Starbucks...
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‘Going backwards’ | Employees & HR pros react as Amazon enforces five-day-per-week office mandate
“We're going to return to being in the office the way we were before the onset...
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Wrongful dismissal? | Sacked Royal Bank of Canada CFO claims allegations of her office relationship were 'manufactured'
The embattled CFO has filed a wrongful dismissal lawsuit against the bank arguing...
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Badge scans | Salesforce's CEO once said RTO was "never going to work." Now he's ordered staff back to the office
Many workers are expected to be in the office four to five days per week under the...
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'This thing is dumb' | Dell's RTO push rebuffed by nearly half of its full-time US staff
Nearly 50% of Dell staff have chosen to stay remote even though it means sacrificing...
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SpaceX vs Autodesk | Research shows RTO mandates cost US employers their high-ranking talent. What does that tell us?
Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX all lost some of their most talented and highest-ranking...
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‘It’s a s*** show here’ | Dell to color-code employees based on office attendance through badge swipes & VPN monitoring
"It's a shit show here,” one source has stated...
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Layoff tactics | Stellantis enforced "mandatory remote work day" before conducting virtual mass firing
Stellantis announced layoffs to 400 U.S. workers over a video call after enforcing...
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‘The Cubicle Culprits’ | HR needs to get a handle on employee data leaks - the answer isn't blaming remote workers
Employees leaking data and stealing documents appear to be on the rise...
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Return to Office | U.S. employers impacted by $117bn office building debt disaster
The Mortgage Bankers Association estimates U.S. office building owners may have to...
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On the move | Amazon's return-to-office plan may force U.S. employees to relocate
Amazon's remote workers appear to be facing a huge dilemma between their homes or...
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Worrying trend | Will nosediving productivity lead to a widespread end to WFH?
In a surprising turn of events, recent data reveals that the American workforce is...
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