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Shoplifting has been hyped as a driver of chain-store closures, but did these companies ever really understand urban environments in the first place?
If more Canadian fathers are to harness the benefits of parental leave and remote work, we need to design employment and care policies in ways that recognize every family’s unique needs.
There aren’t enough remote jobs to go around.
A survey of remote and office workers found that people working from home were more likely to take steps to protect themselves against cybersecurity threats.
Developers have overbuilt office and commercial space in US cities for decades. Now, in the wake of pandemic shutdowns, many downtowns face hard choices about the future.
The Canadian government wants to attract digital nomads to come to Canada. However, to be successful the program requires clarity on issues like tax and social benefits.
If an organisation mandates their workers return to the workplace – whether exclusively or in part – it needs to provide clear guidelines.
At least half of surveyed US adults experienced loneliness and social isolation.
With many employers switching to remote work, two engineering experts explain the feasibility of converting office buildings to residential spaces.
The biggest obstacle to getting everyone back into the workplace is the fact that people who are working from home seem to be doing better — or at least no worse — than those who are not.
Workplaces are increasingly recognizing that productive employees seek out workplaces that prioritize mental well-being and offer flexible working conditions.
Elon Musk says wanting to work from home is unethical when not all workers can do it. Here’s why this argument is wrong.
Workplace absences, along with sales lost due to the cessation of brick-and-mortar retail shopping, airline travel and public gatherings, contributed the most.
Will an increase in wages make federal government workers happier and more efficient while dealing with the public on taxation, public safety and a multitude of other daily and often frustrating issues?
COVID-19 transformed the workforce, including in the public sector. A complete reversal to pre-pandemic work models is unlikely, but there’s lots at stake as employers contemplate the future of work.
At the beginning of the pandemic, it was predicted that the shift to remote work would lead to more equal division of domestic labour. Recent research shows this was not the case.
The 1960s cartoon The Jetsons got three things about the future very wrong: the place of women in the workforce, how much we will work, and where we work.
Families living on Mornington Island have to make compromises due to a lack of digital services – including missing out on cultural activities on Country .
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.
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