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As Covid cases recede, firms offer return gifts to get staff back to office

THE CARROT: Relocation allowance, flexible timings, daily breaks for personal matters

Google delays return to office until mid-October, mandates vaccines

Google is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated

Embassy Office Parks REIT hopes demand will bounce back in early FY22

Request for proposals for nine million square feet of office space are active in the market, said Vikaash Khdloya, deputy CEO at the REIT

Maharashtra govt issues guidelines for cell phone usage at offices

Maharashtra Government has issued guidelines for state government officials and government employees for lesser use of cell phones and usage of official landline instead

Apple delays office return by at least a month as Covid-19 spikes in US

The iPhone maker becomes one of the first US tech giants to delay plans for a return to normality as Covid-19 persists around the world and cases involving a highly transmissible variant increase

Some Twitter employees return to offices in New York, San Francisco

After more than 16 months of working from home, some Twitter Inc employees in San Francisco and New York returned to the office on Monday as the company reopened its corporate campuses at 50% capacity

Bespoke bars enjoy a spirited biz as home becomes venue for both work, play

The steady sale of liquor across the country despite restrictions helped

Most Indians want to return to office for work, finds survey

The report marked five trends in work and meeting as India and the world gradually unlocks, with employees on the verge of returning to the office post-Covid.

Young workers want to return to offices to save their careers in pandemic

This workforce says the coronavirus has left them under-informed and cut off from their teams.

Only 30% of firms in US, Europe to embrace full return-to-office model

As offices set to reopen after the pandemic and vaccination drive, only 30 per cent of companies in the US and Europe will embrace a full return-to-office model, according to a new report

Back to office: Experience at the workplace shifting like never before

Fear of the disease has affected the way employees commute, the number of coffee breaks they take, and even their conversations with colleagues

It's not just you, work during coronavirus has become harder than before

The pandemic is increasingly understood as a shock, an event beyond our control that disrupted our normal ways of working and living

Weekly economic indicators: Revival in activity shows signs of slackening

Many key indicators trended lower last week after a strong showing earlier this month

Start-ups tap technology to get malls, hotels back on track amid Covid fear

Start-up companies are assisting businesses to conform to the government's 'social distancing' norms and insulate their air conditioning systems from the shock of virus

Entire office needn't be shut if 1 or 2 Covid-19 cases are reported: Govt

However, if there is a larger outbreak, the entire building will have to be closed for 48 hours

Kingsoft Office aims to grow India userbase to 40 mn by year-end

Kingsoft Office aims to grow India userbase to 40 mn by year-end

How to make your office more ergonomically correct? Here are some ideas

A healthy workstation is one that allows you to work in a neutral, relaxed position.