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The new issue of Works magazine is available for you to read here
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Working from home means official government stats are too flawed for economic forecasting
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Workplace AI doesn’t appear to be having a negative effect on wellbeing for now, research suggests
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Business rates hike could cost London office occupiers £432 million more from 2026
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Navel gazing may not be the answer to the challenges facing workplace professions
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UK architects embrace AI more and more, although concerns about creativity remain
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Generational divide emerges on workplace AI
March 11, 2013
Flexible working: Falling out of fashion
by Pam Loch • Comment, Legal news, Workplace
Just as ACAS concludes its consultation on flexible working, the practice has been declared démodé by none other than Alexandra Shulman, the editor of British Vogue. Writing in response to the recent news that Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer ordered the company’s 11,500 staff back to the office, the Vogue editor has argued that working from home is not an adequate alternative to showing your face in the workplace. Ms Mayer goes on to note that in a creative environment, important opportunities are missed when absent colleagues are tottering, undressed around their kitchens. The best stories, she says, arise from chance remarks, gossip and jokes between colleagues working alongside each other. (more…)