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Smucker's has found a return-to-office solution that workers seem to like — in-person work for only 22 weeks a year

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J.M. Smucker has a novel hybrid work model in which workers are asked to come into its headquarters during "core" weeks.

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Deloitte's human-sustainability chief wants to help employees beat burnout. She says the best solutions go beyond vacation and office yoga — and involve undoing 100 years of routine.

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Vacation and yoga classes likely aren't enough to cure burnout for many workers.

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The CEO of a bank in Australia is getting slammed for ordering staff back to the office not for productivity — but for 'mental health'

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There's a furious debate about the future of work as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A WFH employee in Australia is hitting out at her ex-employer after it tracked how much she was typing — and then fired her

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Employee monitoring appears to be on the rise.

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Radious lets you rent your home to businesses as a coworking space: 'It's like Airbnb and WeWork had a baby'

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Homeowners can rent out their houses to companies in need of coworking spaces using Radious.

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People who choose to work from home are actually less-productive when they do so, new research suggests. An author behind the research explains why.

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A new study on worker productivity found that those who work from home are also likely to be constrained by other responsibilities, like childcare or household duties.

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Return-to-office mandates just got another vote in their favor: A new study says WFH results in 18% less productivity.

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A new study from economists at MIT and UCLA observed that data-entry workers were 18% less productive at home than they were in the office.

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New research finds that fully remote workers are less productive than their in-office counterparts

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More employers are pushing for workers to return to the office in a hybrid role or full-time.

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That's one way to draw people back to the office: Google hotel reportedly touts $99 special to 'make it easier for Googlers to transition to the hybrid workplace'

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Google opened its Bay View campus in May of 2022.
Google opened its Bay View campus in May of 2022.

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Lyft's new CEO reversed its WFH policy. Now he says employees should want to come back to the office 'for the snacks.'

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Lyft CEO David Risher said people should want to return to the office "for the snacks," the Wall Street Journal reported.

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