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    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
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      Chief Tim Cook looks to preserve ‘in-person collaboration that is so essential to our culture’

    • Sunday, 14 August, 2022
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      Hospitality sector in Square Mile hobbled by switch to homeworking

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      Disengaged, indifferent, deluded? Why young workers have an image problem

      Managers should listen to junior staff, offer good training but not pander to their every whim

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      From affordable accommodation in city centres to commute lengths, the question of where employees live is all important

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      There is a growing awareness of the importance of sleep after the pandemic disrupted working lives and rest patterns

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    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
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      One hot topic is guaranteed to press the buttons of US bosses: working from home

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    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
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      Make your next meeting ‘tactical’

      Plus, how hybrid work affects women and the limited success of skills boot camps

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
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      Is hybrid work a trap for women?

      Many women want flexibility but there is evidence it is not good for their careers

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
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      UBS sublets London office ‘grey space’ as more staff work from home

      Swiss bank has allowed two-thirds of 73,000 global employees to work flexibly permanently

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
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      What does employee ‘engagement’ really mean?

      Plus, the best business books of the summer and the growing ‘drop servicing’ industry

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      The Great Resignation has complicated the practice of counter-offering to a worker who threatens to leave

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      How to design an office for every type of brain

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      A record number of companies have moved out of the capital to the countryside in the past year, reversing age-old working practices

    • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
      Flexible working
      UK companies trial four-day working week with same pay

      About 70 businesses will work with researchers to assess effects on productivity and morale

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