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A KPMG UK executive told Insider its staff won't be working the way they did pre-pandemic. Experts said hybrid workers could lose out on promotions.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has directed all state employees to return to in-person work in the office by May 17, after many spent most of the past 14 months working remotely.

In an email to incoming summer interns in March, Goldman Sachs said it was planning on holding its summer internship program in the office for those who can safely travel to its offices. Some of the banks UK staff are already back in its London offices. Nearly 1,800 of the banks 6,000 London employees have returned, according to a report by The Guardian in April. Wall Street is beginning to ask staff to return to the office: JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said on April 21 that workers would start re...

Office Tours Spike 28% As CRE Gears Up For Labor Day Return To The Office Office demand in major U.S. markets jumped by 28% from February to March, according to a monthly report by VTS, a software provider for commercial real estate landlords. VTS’ Office Demand Index increased by 160% in the first quarter and now sits at 86, 9% less than where the index was in February 2020, leading the report to conclude that “return to work appears imminent.” VTS’...

Tuesday, April 27, 2021 Over 700 people signed up to our Handling Grievances webinar last week, reinforcing our view that the return to the workplace (RTW) process is going to be a fertile breeding ground for such complaints by employees, some around new working conditions, some alleging health and safety failures and others just to vent minor unhappinesses and resentments built up over the last 12 months’ festering at home and finally uncorked in the office. Grievances can be time-...

Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images Ubers CPO Nikki Krishnamurthy said employees can work from home for up to two days a week. The company expects staff to come into the office three days a week. It will give people "the freedom to do their best work," the company said.   Uber on Wednesday said it expects employees to come into the office three days a week when the company opens its office doors again in September. The ride-hailing firm wants staff to work from h...

Tuesday, April 13, 2021 INTRODUCTION For more than a year, the world has reacted to and adjusted for COVID-19. Now, with the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, there is light at the end of the tunnel and individuals and companies can start moving forward and planning for a new normal. As companies in all industries have undoubtedly been affected, employers must remain cognizant of various issues as offices and facilities reopen and employees return to work. At this critical juncture, it is...

Returning to work in offices brings concerns over office socialising and using public transport, but working together brings mental health benefits too

Good ventilation is one of the most effective measures offices can take to stop the spread of coronavirus, while relying on people to change their behaviour should be a last resort

California Governor Newsom halts COVID-19 tiered restriction system, plans full reopening in June as deaths hit 60,000 There is a growing gulf between the anti-scientific policies of the ruling class and the grim reality of the current stage of the pandemic. The Democratic Party-run state of California was just months ago the epicenter of the winter COVID-19 surge where hospitals were pushed to the brink at zero percent capacity, however this past week Governor Gavin Newsom announced plans to f...