By Peter Cappelli and Ranya Nehmeh Remote and hybrid work have become defining features of the postpandemic economy. While most employees seem to love it, the initial optimistic…
Read more What We Lose With Remote Work—and How to Minimize the DamageWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Australia’s most populous state ordered all public employees to work from their offices by default beginning Tuesday and urged stricter…
Read more Australian state orders public servants to stop remote working after a newspaper campaign against itWalmart on Tuesday announced layoffs affecting several hundred jobs at the retail giant’s campus offices and said it will be requiring most remote workers and personnel in its…
Read more Walmart lays off hundreds of employees and requires others to relocateFILE – First lady Jill Biden looks at President Joe Biden as he holds the pen he used to sign an executive order aimed to bolster job opportunities…
Read more Biden announces help for federal employees who are military spouses and want to telework from abroadLONDON — Online retailer eBay Inc. will cut about 1,000 jobs, or an estimated 9% of its full-time workforce, saying its number of employees and costs have exceeded…
Read more Online retailer eBay is cutting 1,000 jobs. It's the latest tech company to reduce its workforceNEW YORK — Justin Ryan Horton has two jobs. When he’s not working 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, the 22-year-old is working as an administrative assistant for a…
Read more New incentives could boost satisfaction with in-person work, but few employers are making changesWhen COVID-19 struck, companies had little choice but to adapt swiftly. Office spaces were replaced by living rooms and in-person meetings transitioned to virtual calls — a temporary…
Read more Remote workers are flexing their muscle, and the best-run companies won’t fight themST. LOUIS — Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use…
Read more Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund weapons program, FBI saysALBANY, N.Y. — Help-wanted advertisements in New York will have to disclose proposed pay rates after a statewide salary transparency law goes into effect on Sunday, part of…
Read more New York employers must include pay rates in job ads under new state lawWashington, DC CNN — Housing is less affordable than it has been in about four decades. But buying or renting a home might be even less affordable now…
Read more More remote workers are willing to move in order to find affordable housing | CNN BusinessThe U.S. Labor Day holiday will mark another milestone in the marathon to bring workers back to the office, but it won’t be a quick fix for landlords,…
Read more Labor Day is just a ‘milestone’ in the marathon to get workers back to the officeA real estate agency window in Alicante, Spain. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images More Americans are flocking to Spain for longer, whether as so-called digital nomads…
Read more More Americans are moving to Spain — and paying high prices for real estateVirojt Changyencham | Moment | Getty Images Office demand declines That flexibility is helping drive down demand for office space. By 2030, McKinsey predicts, demand for office space will…
Read more Hybrid work is the new normal, as companies rethink work habits and office and retail spaceWorkers in the fields of computer science, real estate, finance and insurance experienced the greatest bumps in working from home during the first years of the pandemic, while…
Read more Share of US employees working on-site drops from 84% to 74% in pandemic’s first yearAs the fight between bosses and workers over returning to the office keeps entering new rounds, new data show how much in-office attendance ramped up last year —…
Read more ‘The war on remote work is not over.’ But one group in particular is heading back to the office.ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Amazon unveiled the first phase of its new headquarters complex in Virginia Thursday, a pair of gleaming, amenity-packed office towers that its leaders hope…
Read more Amazon debuts its headquarters complex in Virginia as it brings workers back to officeMany corporate leaders were hoping that the debate over the return to the office was over when they implemented mandates for workers, but the latest data from New…
Read more CEOs thought the return to office debate was over. It looks like they were wrongNEW YORK — From just the right book to just the right wheels, there are lots of ways to please all the mothers in your life when their…
Read more Mother’s Day gift guide: Wheels, books, tech and moreWASHINGTON — America’s employers added a robust 253,000 jobs in April, evidence of a labor market that still shows surprising strength despite rising interest rates, chronically high inflation…
Read more US adds a strong 253,000 jobs despite Fed’s rate hikesWASHINGTON — Month after month, the nation’s job market has stood its ground against howling headwinds — rising interest rates, chronic inflation, major bank failures and economic uncertainties…
Read more April jobs report may point to US labor market’s resilience
