Tag: Telecommuting

October 29, 2021

Along with a new wave of post-COVID-19 litigation surfacing across the country, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed its first lawsuit against an employer for allegedly failing to accommodate and unlawfully terminating a disabled employee who had asked […]

October 8, 2021

There has been ample news coverage about the invisible toll the COVID-19 pandemic has taken on our personal lives, but we’re just beginning to grapple with the damage done to our workplaces. As employees return to in-person work, you must […]

October 7, 2021

Incredibly, COVID-19 has now affected a third school year. Working parents were previously able to rely on the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) to take leave in the event of school closures and/or remote learning because of COVID-19-related […]

August 16, 2021

As more of its employees work virtually, how does an employer deal with the isolation, the longer hours and subsequent burnout those workers may experience? How does it keep them engaged? How does it streamline its operations? Some employers, like […]

August 16, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many changes to the workplace, and the freedom many employees have to work from anywhere is likely here to stay. But employers—particularly small to midsize employers—might not fully appreciate the risk of inadvertently violating another state’s […]

July 8, 2021

While companies and their employees have been enduring workplace closures due to the pandemic for well over a year, most HR teams have been imagining and planning for the physical reopening of their office spaces. Decisions about this significant, symbolic […]

June 28, 2021

The question isn’t whether offices are adopting hybrid practices—it’s which hybrid practices they’re using. Some, like Google, are firmly in the office camp. They have set a return-to-office deadline of Sept. 1, 2021. Anyone wishing to work remotely for more […]

June 9, 2021

Although catapulted to new heights by COVID-19, remote work was on the rise even before the pandemic. In 2019, a Zapier report revealed that 95% of U.S. workers desired to work remotely and that 74% were even willing to quit […]

June 2, 2021

As companies slowly emerge from the pandemic, it’s clear that some things about the professional landscape have inextricably changed. Most prominently, remote work has transitioned from an anomalous work arrangement to the new normal, helping shape the present and future […]

May 5, 2021

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and the pandemic eases, business worksites are reopening. Whether by choice or need, however, many employees are likely to continue working remotely—some may have moved to locations too far away to accommodate commuting while others […]

March 16, 2021

As companies plan to accommodate a hybrid workforce, vendors of communications and collaboration products are adding features to keep onsite employees safe and healthy and help remote and office-based colleagues work together. Zoom recently announced such features as part of […]

March 12, 2021

Sexual harassment has entered the remote workplace, as the casual nature of virtual and online communication blurs professional boundaries. Employers need to modify their HR policies to account for these new concerns, according to Rob Wilson, president of employment solutions […]

March 8, 2021

Handling caregiving responsibilities and a job can be overwhelming—something that has become starkly clear for women during the COVID-19 pandemic. One in 5 workers in the U.S. know a woman who has voluntarily left the workforce during the pandemic because […]

January 26, 2021

While a majority of employers believe that that their employees will return to their workplaces after Covid-19’s impact diminishes, working from home isn’t going to disappear. The reality is that a huge number of people were already working from home […]

June 29, 2020

In the pre-Covid days, it was absolutely reasonable to tell an employee that someone else must be taking care of the children while you are working. Telecommuting does not mean caring for your children while building a marketing plan. Then […]

April 8, 2020

We all know cyberbullying is a problem. Perhaps we think about it as a teenage problem with the mean girls mocking someone over Snapchat. But, it can be a problem in the adult workplace. With tons of people working from […]

January 7, 2020

Remote work, telecommuting, the gig economy, mobile workforces—today’s workplace is almost unrecognizable from what it was even a decade ago. To serve as an effective business partner in this era, HR professionals must not only understand how the workplace is […]

September 4, 2019

When we discuss things like workplace flexibility, remote workers, work/life balance, and burnout, we are typically talking about the generic employee. Each industry, however, has unique issues and challenges. Today, we are going to look at developers, those hardworking individuals […]

October 17, 2017

I am a big fan of remote teams. I have published several posts on this subject. When I got this guest post from a talented young writer, Helen Eagleton, I decided to publish it. I hope you find it to […]

October 13, 2016

Think about your ideal job. Does it involve getting to work at the crack of dawn, barely having time to grab lunch, and getting home after dark—even in the summer? Of course not. The ideal job allows time for family […]