Mastodawn

Working remotely isn't good for you, a study finds
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/08/nx-s1-5848125/remote-work-mental-health-isolation
#worklife #workfromhome #remotework #mentalhealth #health #work #study #research #academia

LBHuston 16h ago

Digital: reduce number of apps, unify communications, use integrated platforms intelligently.Physical: fight “always on” posture — treat work zones as environments with their own constraints.

Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/Ar8Qz

#workfromhome #RemoteWork #HybridMode

Antonin Danalet 1d ago

🚨New publication🚨

Since the pandemic, SBB’s nationwide microscopic activity- & agent-based transport model, SIMBA MOBi, contains a sub-model simulating #workfromhome. Employees/agents can work at their work location or at home.

The original model predicted if the person was working from home on a specific day using the answers to the question "Can you work from home?". The problem is: it's not because you *can* that you *will* work from home.

How we've solved the problem in a thread ⤵️
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Hacker News 2d ago

Home alone: Remote work, isolation, and mental health

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec7671

#HackerNews #remoteWork #mentalHealth #isolation #workFromHome #wellbeing

CBC Canada 5d ago

Ontario will approach civil service return-to-office during FIFA with 'flexibility,' minister says
Ontario’s finance minister says there will be "flexibility" to rules requiring all civil servants to work five days a week in the office during the FIFA World Cup, as unions representing those workers say disruptions associated with the games highlight how rigid and confusing the policy has become.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-ontario-work-from-home-9.7222101?cmp=rss

CBC Kitchener-Waterloo 5d ago

Ontario will approach civil service return-to-office with 'flexibility,' minister says
Ontario’s finance minister says there will be "flexibility" to rules requiring all civil servants to work five days a week in the office during the FIFA World Cup, as unions representing those workers say disruptions associated with the games highlight how rigid and confusing the policy has become.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-ontario-work-from-home-9.7222101?cmp=rss

CBC Toronto 5d ago

Ontario will approach civil service return-to-office with 'flexibility,' minister says
Ontario’s finance minister says there will be "flexibility" to rules requiring all civil servants to work five days a week in the office during the FIFA World Cup, as unions representing those workers say disruptions associated with the games highlight how rigid and confusing the policy has become.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-ontario-work-from-home-9.7222101?cmp=rss

CBC London 5d ago

Ontario will approach civil service return-to-office with 'flexibility,' minister says
Ontario’s finance minister says there will be "flexibility" to rules requiring all civil servants to work five days a week in the office during the FIFA World Cup, as unions representing those workers say disruptions associated with the games highlight how rigid and confusing the policy has become.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/fifa-ontario-work-from-home-9.7222101?cmp=rss

Dave Rahardja 6d ago

“Long-COVID Sufferer Awarded Nearly $1M After Employer Refused to Let Her Work From Home”

“After a five-day trial and one day of deliberations, the jury voted 5-1 on liability and unanimously on damages. Jurors concluded that Mirabella could perform her job remotely without undue hardship and awarded her $954,000 on November 13.”

#workFromHome #remoteWork #flexibleWork #ReturnToOffice #COVID #longCovid

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2026/02/25/long-covid-sufferer-awarded-nearly-1m-after-employer-refused-to-let-her-work-from-home-/

No paywall: https://archive.is/20260227021406/https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2026/02/25/long-covid-sufferer-awarded-nearly-1m-after-employer-refused-to-let-her-work-from-home-/