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Government updates office design standards with new workplace guidance
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Smart Building in action: Simac HQ integrates lighting, data and control
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Hourly movement breaks offer best balance between wellbeing and productivity, study finds
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Remote work linked to mental health concerns in major US study
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Fathers who work from home fear ‘return to office’ rules could force them to quit, study claims
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People are increasingly concerned that their job roles are becoming irrelevant
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Tales from the built environment: some reflections on the conference circuit
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…)