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Logging in with facemasks: Offices look different as staff returns to work

Office life in these cities resumed on Monday, albeit cautiously and with full knowledge of the need to maintain social distancing.

Covid-19 crisis: IT services companies pad up to reopen offices for staff

Apart from issuing guidelines for employees with dos and don'ts, the companies are using technology-led solutions to ensure social distancing at workplaces.

Four in a lift, facing the wall: Office etiquette in Covid-19 times

The second of a 3-part series discusses precautions taken by firms to keep employees safe

Covid-19: Work places will have to follow these rules during Lockdown 3.0

According to the National Directives for Covid-19 Management, wearing of a face cover is compulsory at all work places

Communication gap between managers and frontline staff in India: Report

The study surveyed more than 1,200 business leaders and frontline employees in Indian businesses with more than 100 employees

Google tries to corral its employees after ugly internal debates

The new rules are a marked departure from Google's unrestrained culture that, along with the workplaces of its Silicon Valley neighbors, was once held up as a model for corporate America

For a world-class ambience

Tier-II cities are embracing emerging workspace designs as many companies move in

Inclusive workplace can lead to innovation, employee satisfaction: Study

The study included one-on-one qualitative interviews, as well as several organisational observations

Want to master your workplace in 2019? Here are six ways that can help

Below are some of our favorite Smarter Living articles about mastering your workplace in the new year

Workplace leasing increases by 15% in first 9 months of this year: Report

Office space leasing increased by 15 per cent in eight cities to 33.3 million sq ft during January-September this year driven by higher demand from corporates and co-working operators, property consultant Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) said Thursday. The office space absorption stood at 29 million sq ft during the year ago period in eight cities -- Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune and Ahmedabad. The consultant said leasing could touch a record 50 million sq ft this calendar year. It expected absorption in the current quarter to remain strong like July-September period, during which 18.5 million sq ft space were leased. "2018 progresses on a note of exciting developments in office sector leasing. The compass for office space demand points north, for it is forecasted to spike to an unparalleled 50 million sq ft in the next few months, which surpasses records," C&W India Country Head and MD Anshul Jain said. He said, flexible workplaces was an ...

It is not worth dying for a better pay cheque

Unhealthy workplaces diminish employee engagement, increase turnover and reduce job performance, while driving up health insurance and health­care costs

Spin-offs of joint workplace

Young firms are taking to co-working spaces that offer ready infrastructure and mentorship

Re-imagining workplace of tomorrow

Sequoia-backed Awfis looks to open 100 centres in the next 24 months

Get the policies right first: How to get India's women into the workforce

One should work on social norms about apt behaviour for women & how it's enforced by family members

Provincial life of the digital nomad

Remote-work plans help techies see the world, not actually live in it