Work from home

Heavy reliance on private cars for travel cannot continue, Engineers Ireland warns

Green Line’s suspension, combined with inadequacy of bus service, leaves workers facing longer journeys and deep frustration

Dáil also hears call for emergency response unit on M7 to handle minor incidents and prevent ‘standstill’ rush-hour traffic

Members angry that new policy ignores local requirements and varying workload through the year

An Australian state is planning a new hybrid work law despite an angry business outcry

Bosses who get up at 4am deserve more pity than praise

New graduates have the prospect of a more balanced working life than their predecessors

Under the changes, staff would be required to work eight days per month in Dublin office

Ciara O’Brien on a new survey on Ireland’s use of technology that also reveals scepticism about AI

Younger workers who don’t say hello when they answer a call need to know it’s a problem

Most meetings are, at best, a waste of the working day, and at worst, an egregious, soul-sucking waste of life itself

Hybrid and flexible work helps but juggling work and children is stressful and requires both support and organisation

Toll of job losses in sector in recent months may be far higher than announced

When top executives work remotely, it becomes more difficult to drag everyone else to their desks

Readers prove keen to know how their peers approach combustible scenarios, and how they deal with issues related to blame

Tranquil retreat on landscaped grounds with a river passing through and verdant views all around

Do you trust your people? If you don’t, then you have much bigger things to worry about than where they work

Leadership of Civil Service union instructed to resist changes to current arrangement

Data shows younger staff – more than baby boomers – crave the connection and routine of in-person work

Man moved to west of Ireland under arrangement with firm, but was ordered back to office 275km away inside 11 months

Clancourt told Minister for Finance Jack Chambers employers had complained about ‘significant’ cost of amenities to get staff back to office

The seven cases decided by the commission’s adjudication officers to date have all been rejected, according to Department of Enterprise data

Work Q&A: Most of those working from home tend to see the positives, but the scenario is wearing a bit thin for some

Economist warns the lack of work-from-home opportunities in the North could affect recruitment and retention of staff

Repeated eight-hour desk days can lead to gluteal amnesia, a potentially debilitating condition

Reports of the death of remote working are ‘greatly exaggerated’, says ICTU with numbers of those ‘remarkably high, this far out of lockdown’

Industry professionals outline the key pressure points from a year in which remote working tensions featured strongly

You might need to brush your hair to go ‘camera on’, but showing your face can forge trust. Author Andrew Brodsky on what he’s learned about digital communication

Remote working relief is now the third-most-commonly claimed despite the modest sums on offer

Businesses are tightening hybrid work rules but homeworking levels have so far barely budged

There is no right to remote work, but a request must be considered by an employer

Data shows proportion of fully remote vacancies close to its lowest level since 2019

Taoiseach says there is a ‘balance to be struck’ on office attendance in Civil Service

Fórsa says Department of Social Protection staff and some staff in Department of Finance have been instructed to increase number of office workdays

Where do companies stand on working from home five years after the pandemic began?

The last government introduced legislation on remote and flexible working, but attempts are under way to get staff into the office

Me & My Money: Alison Curtis hosts Weekend Breakfast on Today FM

Almost five years since Covid-19 pandemic, move seen as latest sign of hybrid working rethink in financial services industry

Workers left to balance home and family life, along with the costs, by themselves

Frederic Meyer’s bosses in a US multinational could not let him set an example, so he left