Posts tagged "work from home"

As the price of sushi and sangas soar, cost-of-living pressures raise new questions around whether workers will be likely to return to Aussie CBDs.

A wide range of surveys over the past 18 months show most employees, and increasingly employers, have no desire to return to commuting five days a week.

Mandating employees to work in the office for at least part of their working week is not only a poor decision for reducing people’s autonomy, argues Amantha Imber, it’s also bad for women.

Are you now working full-time back at the office, or are you a T.W.A.T — an acronym to describe the hybrid workforce who only come into the office three days a week.

Adelaide Business Hub chief executive Lyn Hay shares her advice on how to create an office that workers want to return to.

As we move into and beyond 2022, the pandemic has made businesses more adaptable and resilient than ever before.

Startups want to be where the talent pool is, and where they can more easily collaborate with other startups, so tech hubs placed in central locations will still do well.

The model of combining home and office — dubbed the ‘hybrid model’ — isn’t just a pivot in unprecedented times. For David Okulicz, managing director of ICT consultancy Kytec, it was inevitable.

The explosion of remote work has led to a spike in the amount of overtime staff are performing, with a new report revealing Australians now complete an average of 319 hours of unpaid work annually.

Aussie businesses are giving up their office premises for good. It may mean reduced rent bills, but there are other things to consider.

The technology we use for hybrid work is important, with tools that are selected and implemented incorrectly often getting in the way of collaboration. 

COVID-19 lockdowns have forced many working parents to conduct their paid work – usually done in the workplace – at home with their kids.