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              Working from home

              • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
                UK employment
                Back to office disputes spread across UK public sector

                Staff at Land Registry to take industrial action after being ordered back to their desks three days a week

                City office workers cross London Bridge on their way home
              • Tuesday, 7 January, 2025
                WPP PLC
                WPP becomes latest global employer to tighten working from home rules

                Advertising group says its 110,000 staff must be in office at least four days a week

                A view of Southwark Bridge over the Thames river, and One Southwark Bridge Road next to it
              • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
                Emma Jacobs
                What we talk about when we talk about the office

                Enduring interest in where we work has made it a small talk favourite

                Kenneth Andersson illustration of two people talking
              • Sunday, 1 December, 2024
                BT Group Plc
                BT toughens policy on working in the office

                Telecoms group says ‘three together, two wherever’ hybrid approach will be checked via employee pass card data

                Pedestrians pass the entrance to BT’s London headquarters
              • Monday, 11 November, 2024
                UK employment
                Fathers more likely than mothers to work from home, UK data shows

                Office for National Statistics analysis finds parents more likely to follow hybrid pattern

                A man with headphones on reads paperwork while working late at home
              • Sunday, 10 November, 2024
                Future of work
                Out of office and into another

                Companies that encourage and enable staff to work overseas are turning multinational resources into a perk

                An illustration of a passenger jet flying over an office chair
              • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
                Civil Service UK
                UK civil servants told to work three days a week in the office

                Decision comes after speculation that Labour ministers would allow more homeworking to bolster morale among officials

                A pedestrian walking past a road sign in London’s Westminster that points to Parliament Street one way and to Whitehall in the other direction
              • Sunday, 20 October, 2024
                Pilita Clark
                If you cough, you’re off

                Why is it so hard to follow this first rule of flu season office etiquette?

                Illustration of a person with a dripping nose wearing a Hazmat suit and holding up a sign saying ‘hello’ as they walk past an anxious-looking person wearing a face mask
              • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
                Gig economy
                Online gig platforms focus on profits as workers return to office

                Fiverr and Upwork rocketed in value during pandemic lockdowns but are now hit with slowing growth

                Staff travelling up and down an escalator
              • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
                Work & Careers
                Starting out in work? Here’s what you need to know

                Professionals in the early years of their careers share their tips

                Illustration of a younger worker looking at their reflection in glass, with an older version looking back at them
              • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
                ReviewNon-Fiction
                Over Work — have our jobs become too greedy for our time?

                Brigid Schulte makes a convincing case for a drastic overhaul of the way we earn a living

                A view from outside of two office floors at night. We can see a Christmas tree, one man sitting at a desk and two men gazing out of the windows
              • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
                Emma Jacobs
                The office is not the only solution

                Demands for workers to return full time have a rose tinted view of in-person work

              • Friday, 20 September, 2024
                News in-depthFlexible working
                Amazon says workers need to be in the office. Most of Silicon Valley disagrees.

                Chief executive Andy Jassy brushes off disgruntled staff with tough five-day office mandate

                Andrew Jassy is pictured speaking with his hands gesturing. The background displays the logos of Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft.
              • Monday, 16 September, 2024
                Amazon.com
                Amazon orders staff back to office 5 days a week

                Company says in-person presence makes work ‘simpler and more effective’ as it rolls back pandemic-era remote policy

                People inside Amazon’s New York office
              • Sunday, 8 September, 2024
                Pilita Clark
                The weird truth about work is we actually like it

                Satisfied employees are convinced they are lucky exceptions in a world of toxic bosses and burnout

                Kenneth Andersson illustration of woman sitting at her desk shouting ‘I’m happy!’ while putting one of her legs on her desk, knocking her laptop and coffee off into her colleague, who in turn drops a set of documents from his hand
              • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
                PwC
                PwC tells UK staff it will monitor office attendance

                Big Four firm to send employees monthly working location data as it toughens up on hybrid working policy

                A man walks towards the front of PwC offices in London
              • Monday, 2 September, 2024
                London slower to return to office than New York and Paris

                Employers in UK capital should subsidise transport to entice staff back, report on global cities suggests

                Commuters cross London Bridge
              • Monday, 19 August, 2024
                The FT ViewThe editorial board
                Employers and the ‘right to disconnect’

                Heavy-handed legislative or one-size-fits-all approaches are not merited

                Woman looks at her work phone in bed
              • Sunday, 18 August, 2024
                Pilita Clark
                The most annoying thing about young people at work

                They are very often right, especially when it comes to working hours

                An illustration of a young person, feet on desk and holding a smart phone while an older man and woman holding note pads and pens look on.
              • Friday, 16 August, 2024
                Leadership
                Working from beach: will Starbucks’ new remote boss set a trend?

                Brian Niccol’s base in California divides opinion among workplace experts

                Seattle, left, and Newport Beach
              • Monday, 12 August, 2024
                Rutherford Hall
                Are you a lifeguard? Well then you can’t work from the beach

                A behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

                A cartoon man stands outside an office block
              • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
                Management
                ‘Ill-ish’ and the new rules of working when sick

                A summer Covid outbreak has left staff wondering if they should skip work, come in, or do something in between

                Illustration of a person in their pyjamas and dressing gown being swirled around while they reach for tissues with one hand and a laptop with the other. A hot water bottle, ice pack, notebook, pen, phone, coffee mug and slippers swirl around them
              • Sunday, 4 August, 2024
                Office life
                ‘Gone are the days of taking a phone call in the open’: why office pods are everywhere

                Adaptable architecture and modular furniture are fine-tuning spaces to workers’ needs

                Samu Hällfors, chief executive of Framery, at the pod maker’s factory in Tampere, Finland
              • Sunday, 7 July, 2024
                Pilita Clark
                The new normal of office life

                As working from home persists, companies are rethinking the role of office space

                Illustration of a person holding a pile of gifs and sayin ‘welcome’ to a line of people holding briefcases and wearing office attire
              • Monday, 24 June, 2024
                Anjli Raval
                Should employers monitor more than mouse clicks of remote staff?

                Bosses are encouraged to help employees manage clash of domestic and work responsibilities

                A laptop and notebook on a desk with an empty chair nearby
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