News & Views Why Elon Musk’s work-from-home-is-immoral argument is wrong, ethically and historically Elon Musk says wanting to work from home is unethical when not all workers can do it. Here’s why this argument is wrong.
News & Views Australia’s Chief Medical Officer urges employers to allow WFH as Covid cases increase A new wave of Covid cases has the nation’s top doctor calling on bosses to allow their employees to work from home.
News & Views Cost of living and COVID converging to push need for WFH options The cost of living and cases of COVID are rising. Many people are now turning to work from home options to try and make ends meet.
News & Views The Netherlands to make work from home a legal right The Netherlands could soon become one of the first countries in the world to grant remote working flexibility in its law.
News & Views ‘Invisible behind a screen’: Former PM Julia Gillard warns work from home could halt women’s careers Julia Gillard has warned that a continuation of the work from home model could put women’s careers at risk in the long term.
News & Views Staring at an image of yourself on Zoom has serious consequences for mental health – especially for women Mirrors, selfies and knowing other people are looking at you all cause people to think of themselves as objects. Zoom calls are all three in one and are likely increasing the harms of self-objectification.
Employers Flexibility linked to happiness for those who can work remotely The first national study of Australian working arrangements since the end of work-from-home directives shows hybrid work is here to stay.
News & Views In this together? Not when Employers ban staff from supervising kids while working from home A Sydney council asked staff to sign a declaration that they would not be supervising kids while working from home.
News & Views Atlassian is totally committed to its employees working from home Atlassian is planning big changes for how it operates. Step one: mandate that employees will get to work from home.
News & Views How to find a work life balance after the flexibility of working from home There are a few core avenues Australians can explore to manage any feelings of anxiety that arise when returning to work at the office.
Business 3 days in office, 2 at home: Google to introduce hybrid flexible week model Google will experiment with a flexible work week when employees return to the office sometime next year, the tech giant’s CEO has revealed.
News & Views On Zoom, men don’t like feeling watched and judged — but women are used to it Preliminary research shows that men and women tend to use Zoom differently because gender dynamics influence online activities.