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Remote work was a boon for people with disabilities. What happens as employers pull back?

Gene Myers | USA Today

“With people with disabilities, working at home is a really big factor," said Kruse, a professor of labor studies and human resources management. The demographic “definitely outpaced the employment increase for people without disabilities.”

Return-to-Office Demands Don’t Benefit Employees or Businesses

Dan Vergano | Scientific American

Donald Trump has joined big firms in demanding workers end remote work. But the evidence suggests that hurts both workers and the work.

Your personality changes when you speak another language, but that’s not always a bad thing

Mari Mar Boillos Pereira, Ana Blanco Canales | The Conversation

Have you ever wondered whether the language you speak influences the way you see the world? Well, according to a number of studies in psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology and linguistic anthropology, it does. Languages don’t just allow us to communicate – they also shape our perception of what surrounds us, and ourselves.

Zillow CEO doubles down on remote work as company vacates more offices

Alex Halverson | The Seattle Times

Zillow shifted to allowing people to work fully remote during the pandemic. It’s been a recruiting and retention tool for Zillow as they “now see four times the number of job applicants for every job we have versus what we did before the pandemic,” Wacksman said.

Work and wander? New Zealand's new digital nomad visa

Sera Milbank, Ella McCall | MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Economic Growth Minister Nicola Willis has announced new conditions to New Zealand’s visitor visas settings, allowing visitors to work remotely for an overseas employer or client while they are in New Zealand. The “digital nomad visa” is aimed at attracting more tourism to New Zealand, by allowing travellers coming to New Zealand to continue working for their overseas employers or clients, without breaching the conditions of their visitor visas.

Job recruiters are carrot-and-sticking candidates with work-from-home perks to get people to sign on at lower salaries

Sydney Lake | Fortune

Remote workers are accepting lower salaries in order to work from home. Some are taking as much as 5% to 15% less pay to do so, while other employers are reversing the strategy to entice workers to come to the office at higher salaries.

Read Dell's memo 'retiring' hybrid work and calling workers back to the office 5 days a week

Polly Thompson, Jyoti Mann | Business Insider

In an email sent on Friday morning, CEO Michael Dell said that from March, the company would expect all employees living within roughly an hour of offices to be at their desks five days a week.

Why airlines make flights longer on purpose

Kathryn B. Creedy | BBC

Ever wondered why flight times seem to be getting longer? It’s called “padding”, a phenomenon that helps airlines arrive on time – but at a cost.

Gen Z is more fed up with work than ever

Aki Ito | Business Insider

Why have Zoomers replaced boomers as the most burned-out generation?

What’s in store for remote work and RTO in 2025: ‘Hybrid will be dominant,’ says expert

Jennifer Liu | CNBC

With the new year comes new goals, and for some CEOs that includes issuing fresh return-to-office mandates for their workers.

Charting the Value of Remote Work: Would You Take a Pay Cut?

Zoë Cullen, Christopher Stanton | Harvard Business School Working Knowledge

More organizations are asking employees to return to offices, but many employees would rather take a pay cut than commute. Research by Zoë Cullen and Christopher Stanton puts a value on remote work.

The Case for Sabbaticals — and How to Take a Successful One

DJ DiDonna | Harvard Business Review

A research-based primer on getting the most out of an extended leave from work.

All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work—ideally within 30 days

Ashley Belanger | Ars Technica

US agencies wasting billions on empty offices a “embarrassment,” RTO memo says.

Life Lessons from the First Half-Century of My Career

David A. Patterson | Communications of the ACM

Sharing 16 life lessons, and nine magic words.

NoDesk Newsletter: Issue #356

Daniel | NoDesk

This week’s NoDesk newsletter features 36 new remote jobs, and the week’s top remote work reads.

New Zealand eases visa rules for 'digital nomads' to boost tourism

Seher Asaf, Kathryn Armstrong | BBC

New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to attract so-called “digital nomads” - people who travel while working remotely - in an attempt to boost tourism.

Once You're Laid Off, You'll Never Be the Same Again

Mert Bulan

It’s been over a year since one of the most significant turning points in my life, and it’s time to reflect on that.

Remote work and its impact on women working from home

UBS

In an era of remote work, many hoped for greater gender equity. Yet Nobel Laureate Claudia Goldin’s work shows there’s more to it.

Stop asking if remote workers are lazy – Focus on Directing Effort Effectively

Katrien Devolder | The University of Oxford

Instead of asking whether remote workers are lazy, we should ask whether, and how, different working arrangements enable people to direct their effort more effectively to the right goal.

Swede dreams: How Sweden is embracing its sleepy side

Lizzie Enfield | BBC

Sweden’s long, cold nights might put you off going there in winter, unless, that is, you are in search of that elusive 21st-Century luxury: a good night’s sleep.

Trump has called time on working from home. Here’s why the world shouldn’t mindlessly follow

Julia Richardson | The Conversation

According to the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), about 10% of federal workers are fully remote. The impact of this order will be far-reaching.

What Comes After DEI

Lily Zheng | Harvard Business Review

How a new framework built around fairness, access, inclusion, and representation can succeed where DEI has failed.

Working from home 'not proper work' - ex-Asda boss

Zoe Conway | BBC

Working from home is creating a generation who are “not doing proper work”, the former boss of Marks and Spencer and Asda has warned.

C.E.O.s, and President Trump, Want Workers Back in the Office

Emma Goldberg | The New York Times

Amazon, JPMorgan and others have been telling their employees that remote work is over. Now federal employees have been ordered to come to work in person, too.

Florence’s hidden nomad scene: Where Renaissance meets remote work (and why digital creatives are flocking here)

John | World Day

Forget the tourist-packed Piazzas and crowded museums – Florence’s hidden nomad scene offers a tantalizing blend of old-world charm and digital-age connectivity. As the birthplace of the Renaissance, this Italian gem now fosters a quiet revolution, attracting remote workers seeking inspiration amid its cobblestone streets and artistic legacy.

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