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Business

New research reveals important financial reasons for work from home policies

- May 2, 2025 4 MIN READ

In the pre-industrial era, people often lived and worked in the same building. This removed the need to travel to work. The separation of home and work occurred much later, during the Industrial Revolution. Factories and offices were grouped in designated areas and residential zoning was invented. Even then, people typically spent about 60 to… Read more »

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Business strategy

A new study reveals that if you really want to keep staff, forcing them back into the office isn’t going to work

- October 9, 2024 3 MIN READ

Less than a month after Amazon announced employees would need to give up their flexible work arrangements and return to the office full-time, new research has reinforced the value of a flexible work culture. The 2024 Employee Benefits Review, by consultancy firm Mercer, found 89% of Australian organisations still offer the option of working from… Read more »

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Future of work

The NSW premier claims heading back to the office will make workers more productive, but it’s likely to have the opposite effect

- August 12, 2024 3 MIN READ

Announcing the directive to work “primarily in an approved office”, NSW Premier Chris Minns said overseas studies showed people were less productive when working from home. “There is a drop in mentorship. There is less of a sense of joint mission,” he said. “This is about building up a culture in the public service.” Having… Read more »

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Future of work

A new report into flexible work shows employees are doing their bit, but employers need to step up to ensure their wellbeing

- November 8, 2022 3 MIN READ

More than a third of Australian knowledge industry workers are putting in extra time into their job outside of office hours, predominantly due to additional workload, but also because around 1-in-6 bosses have asked them to. A new report, Reset, Restore, Reframe – Enabling Wellbeing through Flexible Working, from Swinburne Edge and Deloitte, reveals that… Read more »

Advice

Remote work changing the game for Australia’s startups, Zoho’s chief strategy officer says

- July 10, 2020 3 MIN READ

Occasionally, something seismic occurs that either entirely alters an established construct or rapidly accelerates a previously gentle trend. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has done exactly that to the world of work, forcing millions of us to set up temporary workspaces in spare bedrooms and lounges across Australia. Whatever our location, industry and business size, we’re… Read more »

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Advice

The 3 golden rules of remote working

- March 26, 2020 3 MIN READ

For those lucky enough or able to, many Australians are now working remotely to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. For some, this involves a shift in the way we work. Slack itself is functioning as a temporary all-remote company, with more than 2,000 people from 18 offices across 10 countries working from home due… Read more »

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Topic

How to work from home

- March 13, 2020 3 MIN READ

Working from home is already so common it has its own acronym, and it’s about to get even more common still. Companies like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft are now advising employees to “WFH” to avoid exposure to the novel coronavirus. But working from home can be a real challenge for employees who find themselves doing… Read more »