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Manage Work from Home: Useful Advice from The HR Digest

HR Digest

With a quarter of the world in quarantine, work from home has become a necessity overnight. But, it takes certain skills to manage work from home, especially when you’re seeking ‘work-life balance’. Until recently, work-at-home was not on the to-do list for organizations. SET DEADLINES.

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10 Companies Offering Work from Home

HR Digest

Flexi timings, work from home, remote work, or telecommute are all now a normal part of the conversation when hiring decisions are made. There was a time when flexi timings or work from home was not considered a savvy move. million people in the US work from home at least.

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Working from home with kids: 5 ways to help employees

Insperity

Working from home with kids isn’t best practice, but during a prolonged crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, many of your parent employees may find this incredibly demanding scenario unavoidable. Parents who work remotely while schools and daycares are closed must essentially take on an extra full-time job as teacher-caretaker.

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Insight weekly: What working from home is doing to you + New issue of IN magazine + The fear of the penalty kick

Workplace Insight

It includes free premium content including features, podcasts, supplements and a link to the digital edition of IN Magazine. You can subscribe to this and our magazines here.

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Finding work-life balance? Periodic in-office check-ins is the way to go!

HR Digest

The forced adoption of the work-from-home option has shown both its pros and cons more starkly then any amount of studies over the years could have done. The upside for work-from-home is that companies have discovered the employees are more productive and engaged. The post Finding work-life balance?

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Terror in Paris, on my doorstep - literally

Ahmed's Universe

Alone the whole day and working from home (one of the perks of being a freelancer -except when you''re on the road), I was so busy dealing with several things that I when I heard the loud bangs around 11:30 am I didn''t pay much attention to them.

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Office Space Should Be Reflective of Your Work

HR Bartender

That’s why office space is called work space. Magazine recently published a list of the World’s Coolest Office Spaces. We want office spaces that make employees feel comfortable so they can do their best work. If you need people to chat with or ambient noise when you work, this could be a great option.