‘I’ve got a case’: the UK workers fighting their boss over return to office
Employees share how they are increasingly turning to the courts amid growing resistance to back-to-desk directives
June 2024
England last group game and heatwave expected to keep workers at home
Take the heat out of the hybrid working debate
Hybrid working makes employees happier, healthier and more productive, study shows
US bank Wells Fargo fires employees for ‘simulating’ being at their keyboards
Tell us: are you in a dispute with your employer over remote working in the UK?
Tribunal cases to rise as UK firms push back on remote working, experts say
May 2024
They say the lunch break is dying – but don’t give up your hour of freedom
Emma Brockes
Blame the gig economy or just sheer laziness, but fewer of us stopping for lunch in the working day can surely only be a bad thing, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
‘It breaks an employer’s control’: the tragic disappearance of the American lunch hour
Americans are spending less on weekday lunches, opting instead to save for weekends. Is a once-cherished meal in its death throes?
Observer business profile
‘It’s not vital to spend five days a week in the office’: the bank boss who works from home
While big beasts on Wall Street rail against WFH, Mike Regnier of Santander UK says he wouldn’t have taken the job if he had had to commute all week
March 2024
Compensate teachers in England for inability to work from home, report says
UK employers: what kind of vacancies have you been struggling to fill?
Boots orders support staff back into office five days a week from September
Remote worker havens: we review the best places to work for free in central Melbourne
February 2024
Working from home can bring big health benefits, study finds
Hidden gems from the world of research
How the working from home boom has left slim pickings for burglars
Torsten Bell
December 2023
Why is smoking back? Could one reason be loneliness?
Coco Khan
More young people are taking up the habit, and one reason may be a need for the comfort of connection, says Coco Khan, a Guardian commissioning editor
Work-from-home rates fall but skill shortages may delay full return to Australian offices
Staff may be eager to come back to workplaces out of concern about career progression, expert says
Nationwide rescinds ‘work anywhere’ policy and tells staff to come to office
Exclusive: building society overturns previous CEO’s policy, with employees asked to come in for 40% of their contract from January
November 2023
The networker
If you think ‘bossware’ surveillance culture in the workplace is new, think again
John Naughton
The rise of intrusive software that lets employers monitor workers’ every move is part of ruthless corporate mindset, but its origins go back to 1900s scientific management theories
