As COVID-19 cases surge again in the United States, state and local governments continue to recommend or require remote work arrangements, and some employers have already announced plans to permit remote work to continue well into 2021 and even beyond. Remote work is not new, and many of its challenges such as providing remote work… Continue reading Wage & Hour Compliance Challenges Grow with COVID-Driven Remote Work Arrangements
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Permanently Remote Workers Seen Doubling in 2021 Due to Productivity: Survey
The percentage of workers around the world that is permanently working from home is expected to double in 2021 as productivity has increased during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey from U.S.-based Enterprise Technology Research (ETR). ETR in September surveyed about 1,200 chief information officers from around the world across different industries. The CIOs… Continue reading Permanently Remote Workers Seen Doubling in 2021 Due to Productivity: Survey
The Watercooler Experience: Alternative Video Services Encourage Casual Chatting Among Workers
Since the coronavirus pandemic shut down traditional offices around the world, workers have learned to adapt to videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom, GoToMeeting, and Microsoft Teams, picking outfits and spots in their houses that look good on camera. The living room is the new conference room, and people have learned how to professionally field sales… Continue reading The Watercooler Experience: Alternative Video Services Encourage Casual Chatting Among Workers
Keeping Your Employees Healthy While They Continue to Work from Home
At first, everybody was fine working remotely, says Melissa Afterman, an ergonomics consultant and environmental health and safety specialist at the University of California, San Francisco. But after about three months, she says, “I started getting a lot of phone calls.” Since Covid-19 sent droves of office workers home, doctors and workplace safety experts have… Continue reading Keeping Your Employees Healthy While They Continue to Work from Home
Remote Work Brings More Meetings, Longer Workdays
As more people work from home, one feature of the typical workday appears to be changing shape: the humble meeting. This essential workday function, once carried out in conference rooms, cafés, or in the office kitchen, is becoming more frequent—and with more meetings comes a longer day overall. In a recently released working paper from… Continue reading Remote Work Brings More Meetings, Longer Workdays
COVID Side Effect: More Companies Adopting the Four-Day Workweek
Many businesses that moved to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic were surprised to find in the first month that the shift was less painful than expected. Companies have long treated work outside the office—whether remote, with flexible hours, or occasional work from home—with suspicion. Nothing could replace the creative ideas sparked by… Continue reading COVID Side Effect: More Companies Adopting the Four-Day Workweek
Trends Changing How We Work
The way we work has shifted quicker than anyone could have imagined. If you’re reading this from your home office, taking a quick coffee break from the seemingly constant stream of Zoom calls, then you’re already seeing a glimpse of the future of work. Before COVID-19 spread globally, the workforce had already begun to make… Continue reading Trends Changing How We Work
Google Employees to Work from Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, making the search-engine giant the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The move will affect nearly all of the roughly 200,000 full-time and contract employees across Google parent Alphabet Inc., and is sure… Continue reading Google Employees to Work from Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Survey Says Americans Working from Home Resilient, Productive but Signs of Strains Are Showing
A new survey released today by Chubb finds that Americans working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic are remaining productive, working the same or more hours and are staying connected with family and friends. When the pandemic subsides, a significant majority (74%) want to work from home more frequently than in the past. But… Continue reading Survey Says Americans Working from Home Resilient, Productive but Signs of Strains Are Showing
Four in 10 Insurance Agents Say They’ll Continue Working from Home Post-Pandemic
A Channel Harvest Research survey of U.S. independent insurance agencies reveals about half expect to make no permanent transition to working at home when the pandemic is over, and all staff would return to the office. However, 27% said at least some staff would continue to work from home, and 10% said that all employees… Continue reading Four in 10 Insurance Agents Say They’ll Continue Working from Home Post-Pandemic