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Government minister sparks debate about working from home and increased truancy

Workplace Insight

A comment piece published in The Sunday Times by UK Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has sparked a debate about whether there is a link between the rise in working from home and an increase in truancy levels among pupils.

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Government scales back plans for regional office hubs as more people work from home

Workplace Insight

The UK government has announced it will be scaling back plans for thirty office ‘hubs’ outside of London by 25 percent and letting out surplus floor space to other departments as more civil service workers are choosing to work from home. However, currently just over half of that figure have been relocated.

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Ireland to introduce new law that allows employees to request work from home

HR Digest

. “It will help employees, no matter what their job is, to strike a better work-life balance and switch off from work outside of their normal working hours.”. The government will also promote hybrid working – allowing people more flexibility to choose when they work and where they work.

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Council employees working from home are committing fraud with second job

Workplace Insight

The UK Government’s National Fraud Initiative is looking into a number of local authority employees who have been caught ‘moonlighting’ while they were supposed to be working from home for the council. It concluded that: “The pandemic created this risk when it normalised working from home and hybrid working.

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How Businesses are Managing the New Reality of Work: A Paycor Survey

Did they need government funds? Are employees working from home now? We wanted to know how COVID-19 impacted businesses and their workforces. How many workers did they layoff or furlough? How’s team morale? And perhaps most importantly, what are their plans for the future?

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Zapier’s Roadmap for Successful Work from Home

HR Digest

To save lives from COVID-19, governments around the globe had to issue lockdown orders. The toll on human relationships has been debilitating, with people forbidden from visiting family in hospitals, and people forced to isolate themselves. This sociocultural and technological shifts have pushed us into the Digital Age.

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What the WFH revolution means for HR professionals

Take It Personel-ly

But rather than overthrowing a government or social order, we’re toppling traditional working environments, rebelling against that daily commute and protesting our right to work in our loungewear. The working from home revolution has changed the way we run our businesses and the way we earn a living, […].