#WFH #BigBanks #Westpac

It is not as though any Big Banks offer any kind of quick, efficient, face-to-face enquiries with members of the public any more.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/28/westpac-work-from-home-complaint-cultural-miff-doesnt-resonate-australia-today?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Westpac’s work-from-home complaint was a cultural miff that doesn’t resonate in today’s Australia

Women who manage to perform their jobs well while caring for children should get a bloody medal, not a trip to Fair Work

The Guardian
I love masturbating on Monday night at London Jack Off Club. And I’m so edged for it after #wfh all day
#wanking #wankingfromhome
One of the BEST explanations of the benefits of #remotework I’ve read in some time. It also explains why some personalities prefer being in the office. #wfh Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/remotework/s/K4zz2J1WIl
#wfh means sometimes you'll just have to stop and clean up cat barf

拒一週2天回辦公室,澳洲銀行員打贏官司獲准全遠距上班

ga 2025-10-23 14:40:00 CST澳洲銀行員工因育兒需求,成功爭取全職遠距工作權。專家指出,這項判決向全國僱主發出了「明確訊號」──若要拒絕員工的彈性上班申請,必須提出合理且具體的商業理由。
https://www.thenewslens.com/article/260224
#在家工作 #職場 #勞資關係 #育兒責任 #彈性工作 #WFH #回辦公室 #澳洲 #遠距工作

拒一週2天回辦公室,澳洲銀行員打贏官司獲准全遠距上班 - TNL The News Lens 關鍵評論網

澳洲銀行員工因育兒需求,成功爭取全職遠距工作權。專家指出,這項判決向全國僱主發出了「明確訊號」──若要拒絕員工的彈性上班申請,必須提出合理且具體的商業理由。

TNL The News Lens 關鍵評論網

Interesting development. It seems companies can't just require people to come into the office, they must justify that decision when people are already working successfully from home.

#work #WFH https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/employers-warned-after-westpac-work-from-home-decision-20251022-p5n4h6.html

Employers warned after Westpac work-from-home decision

A Fair Work Commission judgment forcing the bank to allow an employee to work from home permanently should act as a reminder to employers, experts say.

The Sydney Morning Herald

Apparently, the study was done at the University of South Australia.

I've found several other articles from earlier this year, all referencing that study, but none that provide links to the study results.

IRKSOME. I am IRKED.

#WFH #WTF #CiteYourSources

cw: "after the COVID-19 pandemic"

Remote work: Working moms are paying a price for RTO orders

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/economics/2025/10/19/working-mothers-are-paying-the-price-for-return-to-office-order/

The unpredictability and additional responsibilities mothers face on a day-to-day basis eased slightly for some when remote work became a norm throughout … the COVID-19 pandemic. But recent changes requiring employees to come back to the office have upset that balance

women face challenges like the lack of flexibility and increased responsibilities at home with the reversal of remote working conditions.

Only nine per cent of Canadian workers prefer to work in the office full-time, according to a survey by the Angus Reid Institute published in July.

Research by Institute for Research on Public Policy from 2023 showed that nearly 75 per cent of completely remote employees reported positive impacts on job satisfaction, compared to around 53 per cent of hybrid employees, and in-office workers.

“People that had access to remote, flexible options were far more likely to stay home from work when they were sick and also keep their kids home from [school?] when they were sick,”

Early returns to office meant parents who no longer had the flexibility of remote work ran out of sick days, which eventually led them to sending their children to school when they were ill … Rather than the illness being contained at home, kids are at risk of spreading it on to each other and other families. Similarly, parents who run out of sick days and come into work may spread their illness to their colleagues.

#WFH #RTO

Working mothers are paying the price for return-to-office order

As companies across Canada enforce return-to-office (RTO) orders for employees, some wonder how to balance their responsibilities, especially mothers who juggle caregiving with their full-time careers.

BNN Bloomberg