Post-COVID, employees are looking for work-life flexibility, but this doesn’t just mean working from home. The new New Zealand workplace is still up for negotiation.
With the rise of quiet quitting, could the days (and nights) of staying late at the office be over?
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The work-life balance is about more than shutting off devices or abstaining from emails and meetings after 6 p.m.
No one suddenly becomes old and unproductive on their 65th birthday, so a reformulation of both working age and retirement is sorely warranted.
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A revised retirement age would significantly decrease the number of people classified as ‘old’ and would more accurately reflect the total number of working people in Canada.
For most Australians working a standard full-time job, moving to a 4-day work week could occur in two stages.
A pedestrian views his smartphone as he crosses a city street. Right-to-disconnect laws are aimed at improving the work-life balance of employees, but giving them more freedom over how they work might be a smarter approach.
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Elite employers have created an atmosphere where workers constantly seek to be as busy as possible. Families are often the first casualty of this culture.