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Paying people to turn up to work could sent unintended signals. Illustration: Getty 4:41 Bonuses are outdated in the age of knowledge work
  • Pilita Clark
  • May 16, 2022

Research suggests bonuses have little obvious positive effect on worker performance

Some of the biggest brands – Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and McDonald’s – were not in the first exodus to exit the Russian market. They withdrew just as calls for a global boycott became audible.   Photograph: Regis Duvignau/Reuters Companies’ flight from Moscow sets some hard precedents
  • Work
  • Andrew Hill
  • March 18, 2022

Re-entering Russian market – if and when it becomes feasible – will be no easy feat

Sara Hayden: ‘Norwegians are not known to be the world’s chattiest, but when you speak their language they do talk’ ‘You can leave the office by midday on Friday and no one bats an eyelid’
  • Work
  • Barbara McCarthy
  • March 18, 2022

Wild Geese: Sara Hayden, Norway

Companies are already experiencing resistance from those who don’t ever want to go into the office again. File photograph: Getty Making remote and hybrid workplace models work is challenging
  • Work
  • Olive Keogh
  • March 18, 2022

Firms must align commercial imperatives with possible conflicting employee preferences

The WRC heard some founders at Gecko Governance switched focus away from governance software for hedge funds in order to pursue blockchain technology and minting a crypto-currency. Photograph: iStock Dundalk regtech start-up must pay €8,000 to co-founder over redundancy
  • Work
  • Stephen Bourke
  • March 16, 2022

Former CTO told WRC redundancy had been a ‘sham’

‘Refugees have typically struggled to get a foothold in Europe’s labour markets.’ Photograph: Omar Marques/Getty 4:28 Europe has done the right thing by allowing Ukrainian refugees to work
  • Work
  • Sarah O'Connor
  • March 16, 2022

Offer needs to be underpinned with language lessons, housing, school places and health services

Seventy per cent of employees surveyed said they preferred a hybrid approach to work practices, with only 15 per cent opting for remote only or a full-time office position More than half of employers plan pay rises in 2022
  • Work
  • Ciara O'Brien
  • March 15, 2022

But recruitment survey shows pay is not the only factor in attracting employees

The rise of homeworking saw  formal menswear for work replaced by a jacket or blazer. Suits lose out in post-Covid reshuffle of UK inflation ‘shopping basket’
  • Economy
  • Bethan Staton
  • March 14, 2022

Sports bras, pet accessories, antibacterial wipes and meat-free sausages added to list

Having discovered the pleasures of the polo shirt at home, some attendees were wondering if they really had to gussy up in a suit and tie again.  Photograph: iStock Has Covid changed how we dress for work forever?
  • Work
  • Pilita Clark
  • March 14, 2022

Attendees at a recent conference in London had one question: what should I wear?

A four-day work week wouldn’t necessarily mean Fridays off for all. Photograph: iStock We urgently need a four-day working week to prevent burnout
  • Work
  • March 11, 2022

International trials and case studies of shorter work week are starting to pile up

The 4 Day Week Global campaign favours the 100:80:100 approach – 100 per cent of the pay for 80 per cent of the hours with 100 per cent of the output 5:47 Movement for four-day week gathering momentum in wake of pandemic
  • Work
  • Olive Keogh
  • March 11, 2022

Campaign for four-day-week seeks to increase ‘me time’ and maintain productivity

The complainant said other staff told her it didn’t matter how long she worked but rather the focus was on the weight of mushrooms picked. Photograph: iStock Mushroom farm must pay worker €15,000 over minimum wage breach
  • Agribusiness & Food
  • Stephen Bourke
  • March 10, 2022

Woman working an 80-hour week, WRC hears

Gavin Williamson was sacked as education secretary last year after bungling the handling of school exams during the pandemic. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire 4:31 Time to end toxic practice of rewarding people for failure
  • Work
  • Andrew Hill
  • March 9, 2022

Handing out knighthoods and bonuses for screwing up is demoralising and poisonous

US workers think the absence of a commute is the top benefit of home-working. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Battle to get workers back in the office faces a powerful foe: the dreaded commute
  • Work
  • Pilita Clark
  • March 7, 2022

Pilita Clark: Some bosses are trying to entice staff back to the old ways with free lunches

We still have a way to go to tackle barriers to women’s participation at work, particularly availability and affordability of childcare. Photograph: iStock Why are there not more women workers in Ireland?
  • Economy
  • John FitzGerald
  • March 4, 2022

Our female labour-force participation rates are below those elsewhere in northern Europe

Spanish retired doctor Carlos San Juan, who raised over 640,000 signatures for his petition ‘Soy mayor, NO idiota’ (I’m a senior citizen, NOT an idiot). Photograph: Javier Soriano/AFP via Getty Images ‘I’m old, not an idiot’: Older customers are ill-served by online strategies
  • Work
  • Andrew Hill
  • March 4, 2022

Older customers are suffering because of organisations’ failure of customer strategy

Let’s talk. Two words that can be loaded. Photograph: iStock Employers need to listen to staff on return-to-office concerns
  • Work
  • Olive Keogh
  • March 4, 2022

Before new working practices are set in stone firms need to be sure what workforce wants

Irish Congress of Trade Unions general secretary Patricia King: ‘Awful pity’ there as not more engagement on Right to Request Remote Work Bill. Photograph: Dara MacDónaill/The Irish Times Government should have consulted more on ‘useless’ remote work Bill, Oireachtas hears
  • Work
  • Laura Slattery
  • March 2, 2022

Tánaiste has ‘listening ear’ and consultation conducted in ‘usual way’, says Department

Before the pandemic, workers only received statutory sick pay from the fourth day of their illness. File photograph: Getty Improved sick pay will help us live with coronavirus
  • Work
  • Sarah O'Connor
  • March 2, 2022

Much easier to exercise ‘restraint and responsibility’ when ill if you can afford it

Cleaning supervisor Olivia Quinn was moved for making a complaint about a civil servant. Photograph: iStock Cleaning group must pay €21,000 after bowing to civil servant pressure
  • Work
  • Stephen Bourke
  • March 1, 2022

Grosvenor Cleaning relocated employee after she complained about picky client

Shareholder votes on Apple’s executive packages are advisory only and do not require its board to take action in response. World’s largest sovereign wealth fund to vote against Apple’s pay policies
  • Work
  • Richard Milne
  • February 28, 2022

Move by Norway’s $1.3tn oil fund marks growing shareholder backlash against tech group’s remuneration

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‘People have lost the desire and the skill to connect, not least because they’re exhausted by what they’ve been through.’ Photograph: iStock 5:17 Testing times in the workplace as post-pandemic priorities clash
Are there options open to borrowers to protect themselves from rate rises, at least to some extent . Cliff Taylor: Which mortgage borrowers will be hit first by interest rate hikes hit?

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