The government plans to strengthen support for regional companies that hire urban corporate workers with specialized know-how in the form of side jobs or dual jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/02/companies/regional-firms-urban-workers-hire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #shigeruishiba #rurallife #workstylereform #freelance #telework
The Japan Tourism Agency will launch a program in fiscal 2025 to support municipalities and companies in attracting digital nomads, who work remotely from anywhere in the world using digital technologies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/05/japan/digital-nomads-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #telework #tourism #japantourismagency
In the wake of the work-from-home revolution the pandemic brought on, hybrid work became the norm in the United States, but now, several major companies are abandoning the compromise approach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/20/companies/us-teleworkers-turn-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #workstylereform #telework #us #goldmansachs #tesla #amazoncom #jpmorgan #elonmusk #vivekramaswamy
(6/6) Getting economically inactive people with #disabilities or caring responsibilities into jobs will only succeed with max. #flexibility. WFH is free & looks like a sensible policy when large pay rises seem unlikely; it's time to count effectiveness: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/14/labour-working-from-home-wfh-culture-war #telework
(3/x) #Telework comes under attack. Perverse thought opposes social progress that improves other people's lives. This Scrooge-like instinct is to make work as grindingly hard & low-paid as possible, even if #presenteeism can be damaging to productivity: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/14/labour-working-from-home-wfh-culture-war
(2/x) With #WorkingFromHome, employers can hire talent from anywhere, and employees can escape rising property #prices & steep #commuting costs. WFH has been a boon for the #climate, too; 2-4 days of #RemoteWork a week lowers carbon #emissions by 11-29%: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/14/labour-working-from-home-wfh-culture-war #telework
#WorkingFromHome (WFH) is free, sensible & makes workers happy. Governments must accept the new normal. Half of workers do #WFH at least partly & many workplaces have thrived due to it. Online #meetings save time & wasteful travel... (1/x) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/14/labour-working-from-home-wfh-culture-war #telework
Toyota's salaried workers in North America are being ordered back to the office Monday through Thursday from September, the latest company to require more employees to show up regularly at their desks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/14/companies/toyota-us-return-to-office/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #telework #covid19
@augieray
Sadly, the mayor of Portland, Oregon definitely does NOT get it ...
"Portland city employees balk at Mayor-elect Wilson’s return-to-office proposal"
"The future mayor wants them to spend at least four days a week in the office. Right now, city staff work in the office half their week."
Employees at large companies in Tokyo are being allowed more flexibility in their working style as the number of people who travel to the office daily to work slipped below 50%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/08/companies/japan-hybrid-work-style/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #workstylereform #surveys #telework #covid19injapan
#WorkFromHome full time would cut emissions significantly
"The survey found that government employees who #telework full time had “significantly less” #emissions associated with #transportation, potentially slashing them by more than 60 per cent. Those working from home full time saw an increase of energy use at home by less than 10 per cent and the emissions associated with the internet of telework were “negligible.”"
Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai has unveiled plans to expand the option for a four-day workweek to all prefectural employees from fiscal 2026, marking the first initiative of its kind in the Tohoku region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/30/japan/miyagi-four-day-workweek/ #japan #workstylereform #miyagi #jobs #telework
Former CIA officer Phil Houston, known for detecting lies, is using AI with his company, CyberQ, to revolutionize lie detection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/09/06/tech/ai-lie-detectors-zoom-call/ #business #tech #telework #ai
A report from the global advisory firm Global Citizen Solutions put Spain at the top of the rankings for digital nomads looking for a home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/31/tech/best-remote-workers-spain/ #business #tech #telework #spain #europe #remotework
#ReturnToOffice (#RTO) mandate is backfiring on a key federal agency
In offices where routine #telework has been curtailed, a staggering 81% of respondents admitted they were actively seeking alternative #employment opportunities. This dissatisfaction stands in contrast to offices where some level of telework is maintained, where only 42% of respondents expressed a desire to leave their current positions.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/4663587-return-to-office-mandate-is-backfiring-on-a-key-federal-agency/ #WFH
North Korean IT workers over three years illicitly worked remotely for hundreds of U.S. firms as part of a scheme to help fund Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and missile programs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/17/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-us-firm-telework-missiles/ #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #us #missiles #telework
Remote working in Japan has declined with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, but hybrid work has taken root among many who adopted it, according to a survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/04/22/companies/remote-work-survey/ #business #companies #jobs #telework #workstylereform
The Yokohama branch of the Kanagawa labor office has approved a worker's compensation claim filed by a woman working from home for having developed a mental disorder due to working long overtime hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/04/japan/remote-work-mental-illness-compensation/ #japan #laborlaws #jobs #mentalhealth #covid19 #telework