Working from home
Hybrid working in Ireland expected to become less flexible over next two years, research suggests
Employers cite productivity as the biggest factor driving their hybrid policies
Camaraderie suffers when we have to commute to work to show it
Cohesion and capacity also fall victim to the daily grind of travelling to and from the office
Scaling back remote working should be on the agenda as payback for public sector pay rises
Money, no matter how many billions are involved, is the least important part of what is really at stake in the pay talks
Denying our dependence on US firms is like saying Tony Soprano worked in ‘waste management’
As a country we need to be honest about how important American companies are to our economy
Do I have to go to work during Ireland’s heatwave?
Many will be stuck in the office as temperatures are set to top 30 degrees
Irish homes can feel stuffy in warmer weather. But there are simple ways to help it feel cooler
Houses designed to retain heat in colder months can quickly become stuffy and uncomfortable as temperatures rise
What the three-pin plug teaches us about gender equality
Blunt instruments like gender quotas do little to improve the lives of most women. Instead, they risk creating the unfair perception that women are chosen for their gender rather than on merit
The weird world of work perks
Companies are reining in benefits, but workers are unlikely to miss some of them as much as you might think
Economic squeeze could signal trouble for Ireland’s work-from-home era
Labour Force Survey suggests a shift away from hybrid working, but it’s still too early to make a definitive call
Has the Dublin office market turned a corner?
CBRE’s €175m investment in Iput for office developments seen as a vote of confidence in Dublin market
Hybrid working: Banks, finance and law firms bring Ireland’s workers back to the office
While many firms have tightened their hybrid work policies, most still recognise the importance of flexibility as a powerful staff retention tool
Bus corridor on M4 is already built, but ‘cannot open due to legislative delays’
Dedicated motorway lane as well as greater remote working would ease congestion, Dáil hears
Remote working: ‘I will overdeliver because I know this is a privilege’
Many employees say they have found a better work-life balance with remote and hybrid working
Tolls, buses and remote working: The short-term solutions to M50 gridlock
Motorway is daily inescapable reminder of Dublin’s status as world’s 10th most-congested city
Public consultation opened on right to request remote working
Government seeks views on whether legislation that came into effect last year is ‘effective and responsive’
Workers unlikely to be the winners as new norm on working from home takes shape
Friction being caused by return to the office mandates
Hybrid working: More firms insist on four and five days in office, Ibec research finds
Government rules on remote working have had little impact
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Employees feel ‘entitled’ to hybrid working, says head of Lewis Silkin’s Dublin office
UK firm aiming to become one of the largest employment law specialists in Ireland
Deliver me from the banal evil of ‘hot desking’. I dream of a desk with carpeted walls
They’ve taken our walls, they’ve taken our permanent desks. Where does it end?
Dublin’s office market remains distressed and it’s too early to call a recovery in rents
Office development in Dublin will slow next year but the pace of digestion is likely to be sluggish
‘Traffic-light’ dashboard lets PwC in UK monitor office attendance
Big Four firm checks building pass swipes and WiFi connections to address ‘persistent and deliberate non-compliance’
Starbucks to require corporate staff work from office four days a week
Mandate from chief executive Brian Niccol is latest retreat from flexible remote work policies
Older workers will have to delay retirement as fertility ‘plummets’, warns OECD
Ireland is one of just two countries that will not see its per-capita growth decline by 2060 at projected rates of productivity
A guide to Ireland’s popular commuter towns: house prices, transport links and education
With working from home more common in the wake of Covid-19, more people are living farther from Dublin and other cities
Covid-19 five years on: Fewer handshakes, better work-life balance, some pet regret
Working from home has had positive effect on relationships with partners, survey also finds
The pandemic has had lasting effects on the Irish economy
Five years since the first lockdown, we are still dealing with Covid-19 in terms of children’s wellbeing, climbing house prices and new work practices
How Covid changed me: ‘Remote working is second to none. I have kids, am stress-free and eat healthier’
For some the pandemic offered an opportunity to ‘shut the laptop and never look back’; for others it was a time of fear and vulnerability whose consequences are still being felt
Enough of the begrudgery about remote working and career breaks for public servants
It’s like the historical policies that govern these routines emerged from a system where there was always a mammy at home
Office attendance is becoming a performance metric
Return to work mandates can weed out underperforming staff but risk pushing away valued workers
Multitasking is not the answer to your feelings of ‘overwhelm’
Research shows the human brain can’t cope with doing too much at once, so don’t take that meeting while you dog walk
‘There’s a blurring of boundaries’: Workers and managers on remote working in the civil service
Some readers point out negatives of lack of office time: ‘I believe that working from home is eroding what it means and feels like to be part of a team’
Civil servants told to spend more time in office as working from home scaled back
Department of Social Protection staff told to work up to three days weekly in office, depending on grade
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