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Apple s Independent Repair Provider Program will soon expand to more than 200 countries. At the moment if something goes wrong with a household appliance, games console, computer or smartphone consumers don’t have the option to repair it themselves, or to take it to a third party of their choice – with manufacturers forcing consumers to use their approved repairers. Even then it’s often an unnecessarily expensive option – and many choose to throw the product out and buy a new one. The restrictions also hurt small businesses and infringe on consumer’s rights and lead to anti-competitive pricing. Apple, for example, refuses to provide spare parts outside of their repair network. Often the repair is something any competent tech can fix but the parts or any repair information aren’t available to them.
A survey of Australia s 50 biggest companies reveals that the era of 5 days a week in the office is over Emma Koehn, Jessica Irvine, SMH
A survey conducted by The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald of 50 of the nation’s largest companies reveals a majority expect to continue hybrid work arrangements.
42 of the companies surveyed explicitly confirmed the permanent adoption of hybrid working policies for office-based employees.
“On balance, I think there’s good grounds to be optimistic when it comes to the overall impact,” the Productivity Commission’s chair, Michael Brennan, said.
The era of working five days per week in the office looks to be all but over in Australia, with the nation’s biggest employers saying hybrid work models will be entrenched even after the danger of the coronavirus pandemic has passed.
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With the proportion of people working from home during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic growing from 5 per cent to 40 per cent, there’s a renewed focus on the impacts and benefits of staying in the home office.
The chairman of Australia’s Productivity Commission says higher rates of working from home have beneficial impacts on workers and are unlikely to harm the economy.
With workers saving more than an hour each day by removing the commute, businesses are benefiting from staff working an additional 13 minutes on average each day, while workers have more time for care-giving and personal activities.
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