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Cognitive access is a workplace design issue
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FISP celebrates 20 years of supporting sustainability in the furniture industry
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Employees aren’t hiding their AI use to cut corners. They’re hiding it because they’re afraid
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A sense of control over workplace technology may be linked to wellbeing and productivity
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BCO Awards winners focus on regeneration, sustainability and workplace experience
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International experience gives business leaders an edge, University of Bath study finds
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The next workplace tech upgrade isn’t software. It’s lunch
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…)