Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the billionaire industrialist and co-owner of Manchester United, last month ordered the football club’s staff to return to the office full time or seek “alternative employment”. Calls to get people back into the office have also been echoed by senior politicians. Last year, Jeremy Hunt, the former …
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There are few modern irritations worse than returning home to discover a “sorry we missed you” delivery slip on the doormat. Standing in line at a collection point feels incongruous in a world where most day-to-day communications have switched to email, and hundreds of thousands of products can be delivered …
Read More »BT workers vote on strike that could disrupt internet services for remote workers
People working from home are facing “clear disruption” to internet services as thousands of BT workers vote this week to go on strike. As many as 45,000 engineers and call centre staff will decide whether to begin industrial action in as little as two weeks’ time. This makes up the …
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