Families living on Mornington Island have to make compromises due to a lack of digital services – including missing out on cultural activities on Country .
With geographic proximity no longer being a precondition of employment, the 2020s could see a shift in jobs being parcelled out to the best and most affordable talent, regardless of location.
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A shift towards a more distributed, borderless global workforce will not necessarily lead to job losses for Canada, but it will be disruptive and require restructuring in the labour market.
Commuting can create a ‘liminal space.’
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Hybrid and remote-heavy work setups have fundamentally changed how people interact at ‘the office.’ What do workers and managers want out of the workplace now?
More than 40 nations or territories now offer ‘digital nomad’ visas, allowing you to live in one country while being employed in another.
Employees and supervisors are more likely to rate their job satisfaction high while working remotely compared to when working in-person.
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In this new world of hybrid work, managers need to create working conditions that build and maintain interpersonal connections, while allowing for both high productivity and superior job satisfaction.
Creating a compassionate workplace culture involves acknowledging people’s challenges,
even related to apparently small matters, in professionally appropriate ways.
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It’s important that employers and employees understand sympathy, empathy and compassion, and consider these emotions’ roles in both job performance and employee relations.
Digital nomads: ditch the office chair for a backpack.
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The shift to remote work has led to a population boom for towns close to Australia’s major cities. That boom threatens to change what makes those towns so appealing.
Whereas digital work can bring freedom and flexibility into the lives of workers in Africa, it can also contribute towards their precarity and vulnerability.
The film ‘Don’t Look Up’ warns of the dangers of ignoring the findings of science.
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It appears that the rhythms of your brain waves get in sync with the speech patterns of the person you’re conversing with. Videoconferencing throws off that syncing process.
Legislation on the right to disconnect sounds promising. But does it really address why workers are putting in so many hours long after their work day should be done?
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The right to disconnect can be the catalyst an organization needs to review its workplace policies. But what’s really needed is a cultural shift that gives workers more control over how they work.
“Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s back to work we go.”
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October’s employment report was rosy, with more than 500,000 jobs added in the month. There were also signs that the American workforce was heading back to the old normal.
A hybrid work arrangement means employees divide work time between the office and home.
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