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- International Workplace
- 21 October 2020
Unhappy workers threaten new era of hybrid working
The Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) has identified at least five different classes of workers unhappy with current working arrangements, and says failure to create strategies to manage them could lead to a potential loss of momentum and produc...
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- International Workplace
- 21 October 2020
UK lags behind other countries on gender pay gap reporting
The UK must catch up with other countries on gender pay gap reporting if it’s to see faster progress on equality between women and men, according to a new report. The report, which analyses gender pay gap reporting legislation in ten countr...
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- International Workplace
- 21 October 2020
The ‘new commute’ – is an employee’s home their official place of work?
The rise of homeworking in the wake of the coronavirus crisis is creating issues for fleets when it comes to classifying journeys, says the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP). Describing the problem as the “new commute,” the org...
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- International Workplace
- 21 October 2020
The future of homeworking – reflections and implications
It goes without saying that the future of how we work feels like a more pertinent debate now than it ever has. It’s also fair to say that much is being said and written on the subject, with the public narrative seeming to shift on a daily ba...
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- International Workplace
- 14 October 2020
How COVID-19 can offer opportunities for remote working
Working from home (aka ‘remote working’) is opening a world of opportunity. If you’ve ever dreamt of logging onto Teams from a café on Bondi Beach or Zooming from your balcony overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, now might ...
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- International Workplace
- 14 October 2020
No joking matter – vicarious liability before the courts again
The scope of vicarious liability is undoubtedly narrow. Peter Wake, Partner at law firm Weightmans, looks at the impact of recent case law on this complicated area of employment law. In April this year, the Supreme Court (SC) restored some order ...