Remote Working

My company is clamping down on working from home. Can I reject this change?

A series where we ask experts in all aspects of workplace engagement to give us their views and solutions on issues driving conflict or upset for employees

Dublin office market to experience further boost in activity by year-end

Second quarter witnessed several large commercial property deals

Four-day week easier than hybrid working, Atom Bank chief says

UK digital bank has experienced lower staff attrition and sickness since making change in 2021

Irish workers would turn down a job offer if remote working was not possible

The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

Half of Irish workers would refuse job offers with no option to work from home, research finds

Study suggests hybrid working is more important to employees in Republic than their global counterparts

Interruptions undermine workplace focus and productivity

Constant emails, meetings, texts and in-office messaging channels are problematic as they increase the mental stress load

Remote working creating ‘dead zones’ in cities, NY governor tells Irish economic summit

Parts of downtown Manhattan have lost vibrancy due to remote work and overpriced housing, Kathy Hochul says

New wave of ‘techno isolation’ among remote workers who spend days working alone

Just because technology is available doesn’t mean it should always be used and finding the balance between efficiency and engagement is up to employers

Quiet quitting: You always had workers who did 9-5 but it’s a creeping malaise, employers say

Post-pandemic surge in the practice suggest employers need to review the balance between the extra mile they ask of staff and the support they offer

Deloitte reverses Covid cuts by expanding office space in London

Increasing attendance by staff in the office leads to decision on taking on new space

Want to work from home? Here are the rules governing your employer’s reaction

Hybrid is the future - US research found average workers come in 2.6 days a week, while it is unlikely everyone will ever return for the full five

It seems much of what we think we know about working from home is wrong

Lower wage growth and higher productivity might be why bosses like remote working more than we think

‘I felt it didn’t make sense to pay more for a property in Ballina than in Rotterdam’

When architect Kevin Loftus returned to Mayo to work remotely, he was shocked by the high rents

Will prime offices remain immune from the commercial property downturn?

Top quality buildings have continued to attract new tenants so far, but there are questions as to whether that will continue

Working from home isn’t hurting companies

A new study shows return to office rules more common in poor performing companies

Commuting is back: ‘When you’re leaving at 7am and coming home at 7pm, you’re missing your kids growing up’

Many workers are once again facing unavoidable long commutes to the office as remote working fades, with the unaffordable cost of living and housing prices keeping them priced out of Dublin

‘It’s as important as salary at the moment’: How WFH Fridays have killed the five-day office week

Irish companies are getting staff back to offices midweek but letting people work from home on Fridays

Is working from home as productive as it’s cracked up to be?

Data about enhanced productivity when working remotely is mixed and depends on context, type of work and the individual

Dublin office take-up slumps 63% in 12 months

Vacancy rates to peak around 16% next year but level of oversupply remains limited, says BNP Paribas Real Estate

Friday working from home grows again as employers focus on Thursday in office

Office crowd ‘gone now on a Friday’ for city centre pubs as city centre adapts

AI’s role in job hiring: companies should learn lessons from the messy transition to hybrid and remote working

Roughly half of companies using AI are not yet monitoring or evaluating its performance in hiring, software expert warns

Rates of remote working in Northern Ireland trail far behind those in the Republic, report says

Despite obvious contributory factors, scale of difference in working from home still came as surprise to authors

Tell us what you think: Lack of meeting rooms and collaboration spaces - are offices fit for modern working?

Hybrid work means a lot of unused desk taking up space. What changes would you like to see?

Final shape of hybrid office work slowly coming into focus

Cliff Taylor: Mondays and Fridays are by far the most common days to work from home

Employers and staff seek truce on office working

While some companies are tightening mandates on working from home, more are moving to flexible models

Pádraig O’Moráin: Hybrid working meets our need for belonging and independence - while getting the job done

When you miss the gossip, the arguments and the jokes, you miss almost all the richness of the corporate world

As office vacancy rates rise, could Dublin’s market crash?

Something has got to give as long as the imbalance between supply and demand persists. Rents are, whatever way you slice it, going to have to come down for the existing stock to be absorbed

Can a working holiday ever be the escape a worker needs?

When done right, a workcation has the potential to significantly improve a person’s work-life balance

Zoom’s announcement has work-from-home haters rubbing their hands with glee

Brianna Parkins: Video conferencing app group will require staff living within 80km of one of its offices to come in two days a week

Remote working: A quarter of Ireland’s workers now operate from home most of the time

Companies are responding by seeking less, but better quality, office space, according to commercial property group

Remote work and tech slowdown ‘drag’ on Dublin office market

Irish workers ‘the biggest adopters’ of remote working EU, says BNP Paribas

Irish Jobs Index shows labour market stabilised between April and June

Data also indicate number of fully remote jobs rebounded, with 15% increase on first three months of the year

Companies wandering blindly in a world of hybrid work

Managers are often left to their own devices to figure things out for themselves in implementing remote working for their teams

Daddy’s home: How remote working has changed family life

Being able to work from home has allowed many fathers to take on a greater share of childcare and other domestic responsibilities. They don’t want to give it up

Ireland sees second highest rate of job ads offering hybrid working

Research underlines fight for employees with unemployment at all time low

Most employees feel managers out of touch with workplace needs, survey finds

Microsoft report finds flexible working a key issue for workers leaving roles

Out of office: Time to free ourselves from email overload

Office life will always be grinding if we do not stop the torrent of communications

‘It feels like we failed somewhere, letting remote working get rolled back’: Employees on returning to the office

Irish Times readers give contrasting views on the move by employers to demand workers spend more time in the office

Want to work remotely from overseas for a few months? Here’s why it is not so easy

Cliff Taylor: There are legal and tax complications for both employer and employee.

Flexible working: ‘In the US it’s all about bums on seats. In Europe it tends to be about encouraging people out of urban locations’

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