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Updated on: Dec 2021

Industry

Apple Inc delays its corporate return-to-office without setting a new date

Dec 16, 2021

Government is planning to introduce a legal framework for remote work

According to an ET report, the Government of India is reportedly planning to introduce a legal frame...

Work Model

Dec 10, 2021

Latest news: Government is planning to introduce a legal framework for remote work - SightsIn Plus

CACTUS announces transition to remote-first company for all employees

Cactus Communications, CACTUS a technology company has announced its transition to a remote-first ...

Industry

Dec 10, 2021

Latest news: CACTUS announces transition to remote-first company for all employees - SightsIn Plus

Meta announces Office Deferral Program for employees

Meta Platforms Incnbspsaid on Tuesday it will fully reopen its U.S. offices on Jan. next year w...

Industry

Dec 8, 2021

Latest news: Meta announces Office Deferral Program for employees - SightsIn Plus

Industry

Ford delays return-to-work hybrid plan to March amid COVID uncertainty

Ford Motor Co said on Monday it would push its return-to-work hybrid plan to March as the state of the COVID-19 pandemic remained uncertain. The No. 2 U.S. automaker said it will begin a pilot phase for select employees in February and March. The company had previously said it would not return to work under […]

Dec 7, 2021

Survey & Report

94% of Indian workers feel well-prepared to work remotely- Atlassian

Atlassian Corporation Plc, a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software and the maker of Jira, Confluence, and Trello products, has announced the launch of a global study into the nuances of modern work and in particular changing attitudes and expectations from workers over the past year. According to Atlassian’s second annual ‘Reworking Work’ […]

Dec 6, 2021

Industry

Google delays mandatory return to office beyond Jan. 10

Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday it is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and some resistance to company-mandated vaccinations. Google in August had said it would expect workers to come in about three days a week from Jan. 10 at the earliest, ending […]

Dec 3, 2021

Industry

Apple asked employees to return to office from February 1, 2022

Apple has set February 1, 2022, as the return date to office for its employees worldwide, as the tech giant prepares for a hybrid workplace next year. According to a report in The Information, Apple will let employees work for up to four weeks remotely each year. Referring to an internal memo sent to staff […]

Nov 22, 2021

Industry

Does Work From Home End at TCS? Nope… It’s Hybrid Now

There are various media reports claiming that work from home ends at TCS after November 15, 2021 and creates an impression as all of its 528,748 employees returned back to office. But it’s not true… Actually, the company has taken the very first step towards bringing back employees to offices. TCS is encouraging employees to […]

Nov 19, 2021

Work Model

PwC allows all its 40,000 employees to work from home for a lifetime

According to a CNN report, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), an accounting and consulting giant has introduced a new policy to allow all its 40,000 U.S. client services employees to work from home/ anywhere for a lifetime. Speaking to Reuters, PwC’s deputy people leader Yolanda Seals-Coffield said the firm was the first in its industry to make full-time virtual […]

Oct 4, 2021

Industry

PwC offers US employees full-time remote work

Accounting and consulting firm PwC told Reuters on Thursday it will allow all its 40,000 US client services employees to work virtually and live anywhere they want in perpetuity, making it one of the biggest employers to embrace permanent remote work. The policy is a departure from the accounting industry’s rigid attitudes, known for encouraging people to put in late […]

Oct 1, 2021

Individual Milestone

How JLL Navigates Hybrid Workplace Rightly

How JLL Navigates Hybrid Work Model Rightly A hybrid workplace model is an arrangement where employees make an optimal mix of work from home and office. For example, in 2020, due to the pandemic, most corporates were working from home and as a result, organisations had to experiment with a whole new work-from-home model, including […]

Oct 1, 2021

Future of Work

Back to Work: Never Going Back- TCS Chief Leadership & Diversity Officer

As a growing part of the world population starts to get vaccinated, companies across the world and across industries are looking at what “back to work” will look like. And in that same context, I use “never going back”, taking into account several dimensions. Never going back to the old ways of working and the […]

Sep 22, 2021

Industry

Wipro leaders to return to office from tomorrow: Chairman

IT Major, Wipro Chairman Rishad Premji on Sunday said its leaders will start returning to office from Monday after 18 months of work from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After 18 long months, our leaders @Wipro are coming back to the office starting tomorrow (twice a week). All fully vaccinated, all ready to go – […]

Sep 12, 2021

Industry

Microsoft is scrapping plans to fully reopen offices by Oct 4

Microsoft Corp is scrapping plans to fully reopen offices by Oct 4, saying it can no longer give a date for returning to work because the pandemic is too unpredictable. “Given the uncertainty of Covid-19, we’ve decided against attempting to forecast a new date for a full reopening of our US work sites in favour […]

Sep 11, 2021

Industry

American Express again delays return to office, Now targets Jan. 24

American Express Co on Thursday again delayed a return to the office for its U.S. employees due to the fast-spreading Delta variant, setting Jan. 24 as the target date at the earliest. The variant has driven a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases around the globe, forcing businesses to reconsider their return plans and mandate vaccinations and masks for […]

Sep 10, 2021