Remote Option News Today

The CEO of Kyte Baby, a Texas-based baby clothing company, issued two apologies after an employee, Marissa Hughes, was fired for requesting remote work while her adopted baby was in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). CEO’s apology: The CEO, Ying Liu, initially apologized in a scripted TikTok video but faced backlash for its perceived insincerity. Several hours later, Liu posted another video with an off-script apology, admitting her decision to deny the remote work request and exp...

Based on a survey of college students over the last three semesters, students understand that remotely attending a lecture via remote synchronous technology is less effective for them than attending in person, but they highly value the flexibility of this option of attending when they need it.

(Bloomberg) -- New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said all public school students will return to their school buildings come September and that a remote option will no longer be available.Reopening the largest school system in the U.S. for the roughly one million students represents a big move toward the city’s full reopening and will be crucial to the economic recovery of New York, which has been battered by the pandemic.“You can’t have a full recovery without full strength...