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Monday, May 20, 2024
TopicWork from home

Topic: work from home

Avoid that sink(ing) feeling before you do the dishes. Dishwasher is the new washing machine

The pandemic offers us opportunities to move to a more desirable equilibrium. Dishwashers and many other home appliances allow people to be more productive.

Govt extends work from home norms for IT, BPO companies till 31 December

Around 85% of the IT workforce is presently working from home and only those performing critical functions are going to offices. The current time period was ending on 31 July.

Less distracted, free of gender roles — many working mothers are glad to return to office

The precautions they take to keep Covid at bay are, in some ways, a small price to pay for regaining their boundaries and reclaiming their professional identity.

Boris Johnson wants Britons to get back to work – from office

UK PM Boris Johnson said he hopes to ease the remaining lockdown restrictions and return to normality by November, possibly in time for Christmas.

High productivity, less gossip, but no work-life balance — WFH tales of Bengaluru techies

Covid lockdown has transformed how IT sector works, with firms making quick transition to work from home to sustain operations. But the experiment has got mixed reviews.

How the Dutch mastered work from home, climate change during lockdown & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

Skill ministry pulls up staff who ‘worked from home’ without nod, says will take action

Skill ministry sends email to a number of employees, including some living in containment zones, seeking explanation for absence from office.

Indian bankers more productive working from home due to elimination of lengthy commutes

The average commute time on Mumbai's, India's financial capital, major routes is over an hour, more than twice the averages of Singapore, Hong Kong & New York.

It takes teamwork, to both get the job done and take a break from the job

Research found that teams of exhausted consultants sought to strike work-life balance by deciding as a group when every member could take a predictable time off.

When work moved home during Covid, so did toxic workplace harassment

Far from ending misconduct, the pandemic lockdowns have displaced workplace misconduct at best, and fuelled it at worst.

On Camera

Phase 5 is crunch time for BJP—UP will boost INDIA, Maharashtra will clear up real vs fake

Just like Phase 3, in this round too, the NDA stands to lose ground due to the sheer number of seats it had won the last time — 39 of the 49 seats, of which the BJP alone had won 32.

What’s geopolitical recession? World seems to be heading for one

The long-term rise of China and the 'Global South', combined with a decline of European and Japanese economic power is driving a fundamental shift.

With defence push, India looks to capture markets in Africa beyond western Indian Ocean

India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.      

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?