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  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    Sarah O'Connor
    How the digital nomad went corporate

    The romanticism of work on the move has collided with the realities of tax and immigration

  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    Property sector
    Half of big multinationals plan to cut office space in next three years

    Survey shows how companies are adapting their property portfolios to changed working patterns

  • Sunday, 4 June, 2023
    Pilita Clark
    The dismal truth about email

    Office life will always be grinding if we do not stop the torrent of communications

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Anna Berkeley
    Ask a Stylist: how to dress for transitional weather

    Layering is about selecting the right weights and styles and understanding your build

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Work-life balance
    ‘Everyone has the right to completely log off’: what bosses think about the right to disconnect

    The FT has spoken to managers about their own work practices and their views on legislation to protect workers’ time

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Dear JonathanJonathan Black
    How can I convince my employer to allow me to work remotely overseas?

    Your question for our expert — and readers’ advice

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    UK business & economy
    Homeworking risks holding back London’s economy, report finds

    Urban policy think-tank warns of long-term hit to productivity from reduced office interactions

  • Tuesday, 23 May, 2023
    Working It podcast17 min listen
    Why back to the office mandates aren’t working

    It’s not easy luring workers back. But could office life be good for us?

  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
    You can’t pin workforce problems all on Gen Z

    Managers must take time to help ease the anxieties of a Covid generation

  • Saturday, 20 May, 2023
    Camilla Cavendish
    The great workers’ rights competition is holding us back

    Too many new rules will fuel the burgeoning legal and compliance industry, which is not the kind of growth the UK needs

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    BlackRock Inc
    BlackRock calls employees back to the office four days a week

    New York-based $9tn asset manager cites ‘teaching moments’ and ‘market-moving moments’

  • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
    Sarah O'Connor
    The ability to work from home does not just benefit the elite

    More flexibility has improved work-life balance for many since the pandemic began

  • Monday, 8 May, 2023
    FT Swamp Notes
    Are slackers keeping the labour market hot? Premium content

    The change in work patterns could be a re-evaluation of personal priorities since the start of the pandemic

  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Isabel Berwick
    Stop moaning about Gen Z grads — they might teach us something

    PwC and Deloitte say new hires lack communication skills. But should these recruits conform to boomer workforce rules?

  • Thursday, 27 April, 2023
    Lloyds Banking Group PLC
    Lloyds tells office staff to be back in the building two days a week

    Shift in hybrid working ordered, with data on office access to be monitored and shared with senior leadership

  • Monday, 17 April, 2023
    HTSI
    Great bits of tech for the WFH set

    Life-enhancing kit for work, rest and play

  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    JPMorgan Chase & Co
    JPMorgan orders senior bankers to work 5 days a week in the office

    New push to bring staff back includes warning of ‘corrective action’ against those who do not comply

  • Tuesday, 11 April, 2023
    Grace Lordan
    How to be a better leader in the new workplace

    Research tells us what works — and what doesn’t — in terms of engaging staff, at home and in person

  • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
    FT MagazineSimon Kuper
    After 25 years working alone, I tried WeWork

    It’s exhausting to be ceaselessly seen and to have your focus broken every time someone starts to chat

  • Friday, 31 March, 2023
    Joy Lo Dico
    How far would you go in pursuit of happiness?

    Some people, it seems, would gladly spend three years on a cruise ship

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    Anna Berkeley
    Ask a Stylist: spring knits and how to style them

    Be prepared for anything, approach cardigans with caution and my top tips on tucking

  • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
    Pilita Clark
    Why five days in the office don’t add up

    Hybrid working helps keep staff and lowers office costs — but some pushback will continue

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Working It
    How video calls kill creativity

    Also in today’s newsletter, women mark 50 years trading at the London Stock Exchange

  • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
    Pilita Clark
    The envy at work that dare not speak its name

    A younger or more talented work rival is not a foe, it’s the passage of time that is our adversary

  • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
    Visual and data journalism
    Unchecked corporate pricing power is a factor in US inflation

    Other charts of the week: marriage and remote working, Europeans love SUVs, Britons approve of EU leaders and they support nurses and ambulance strikes

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