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Should Flexible Working Be A Right, And Not Just A Privilege?

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Employees with caregiving responsibilities, for instance, may benefit from such arrangements, as it allows them to better manage their personal and professional commitments. On the issue of rights versus privileges, rights are typically associated with fundamental human needs and societal standards, and are often legally protected.

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Bring out your to-do list! What form does yours take?

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Each month we feature a question from our friends at Business Management Daily’s Admin Pro Forum. How many people use Excel, Outlook, sticky notes, legal pads, posters, whiteboards or even emails to themselves? Comment and let us know how you manage your to-do list. What form does yours take? Have your own question?

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Tax Planning for Freelancers: 5 Strategic Moves To Make Now To Avoid Tax Pain Next Year

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The intricacies of managing your tax information, including all the nuances of making sure you filed your tax information the right way, can feel overwhelming. ” In this form of business, the freelancer is personally responsible for all aspects of the business, including its debts and legal obligations.

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Rejection of flexible working request shouldn’t blind employers to their legal duties

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The Respondent further said that they were concerned that her “ability to input in management strategy meetings and be involved in in-person collaboration will also be negatively impacted”. The Tribunal found the Claimant did have managerial responsibilities and a senior position leading her department within the Respondent.

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4 Challenges in Navigating Remote Work Layoffs

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The four key challenges of remote work layoffs are impersonal emails, legal requirements, returning equipment, and difficulties assessing performance. Managers need to be trained to overcome the proximity bias, and the consequent confirmation bias and empathy gap that undermine effective remote work layoffs.

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Can WeWork Survive?

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WeWork needs to go into Chapter 11, be relieved of most of its debt, and be restructured under a completely new management drawn from the industry. Although the messianic founding couple of the company are long gone, their legacy remains in the form of bloated costs and strange practices, which are draining the cash from the business.

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3 Tech Tools Coming To Coworking Centers In The Future Of Work

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Coworking spaces aren’t meant to be invasive, but as employee monitoring technology and other forms of automated micromanagement become popular, coworking spaces may get a bit dystopian. Ostensibly, this will look like webcam spying, but legal and done under the guise of productivity and profitability.

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