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Measures such as parental leave and childcare subsidies have done little to halt the slide, research has found

Return to work mandates can weed out underperforming staff but risk pushing away valued workers

Lawyers, bankers and many other professionals are now using chatbots to communicate, some without company oversight

Denis O’Brien (86) had worked in the same factory since 1957 until it closed this week

Research shows the human brain can’t cope with doing too much at once, so don’t take that meeting while you dog walk

Businesses are tightening hybrid work rules but homeworking levels have so far barely budged

Wild Geese: Johnny Allen, Australia

Company joins Meta, Alphabet and Amazon in rolling back DEI initiatives following Trump’s return to US presidency

There is no right to remote work, but a request must be considered by an employer

Income distribution points to critical policy questions, including how to deal with a congested Dublin and underdevelopment in rural Ireland

Most companies looking for middle ground between quitting schemes and provoking conservative activists

AI is unlikely to directly replace you, but someone who can use the technology might

Labour productivity in the southwest declined in 2023 due to a slump in manufacturing

Workplace Relations Commission hears pizza chef was paid €25 a day for 73-hour weeks to pay off ‘illegal’ €60,000 ‘recruitment fee’

Worker, earning some €84,630 and an additional allowance, believed he should be promoted as he was on-air doing ‘newscasting’

Data shows proportion of fully remote vacancies close to its lowest level since 2019

But the early days of the Trump administration highlight the pitfalls of sucking up

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Where do companies stand on working from home five years after the pandemic began?

Surveys can give us an idea what they’re worrying about - and it’s everything. A bigger question is how to fix it