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The Gurugram administration has issued a work-from-home (WFH) advisory on July 10 to corporate and private offices in the district due to heavy rains. The advisory has been issued in view of the forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the district on July 9.
The advisory said that all corporate and private offices in the district should guide their employees to work from home. The advisory also said that all schools and colleges in the district will remain closed.
Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram Nishant Kumar Yadav said,“This will also help the civic agencies to take up dewatering and repair works expeditiously. We also advised the resident not to step outside unnecessarily due to rain.”
According to the data from the district administration, Gurugram City recorded 150 mm of rain between 6.00 am and 11.00 pm on Sunday, July 9. This caused heavy waterlogging on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway and different parts of the city.
The commuters on the expressway near Narsinghpur Chowk faced huge traffic congestion on the spot and some people were seen walking in knee-deep water.
The waterlogging also caused power outages in some parts of the city. The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has said that it is working to clear the waterlogging and restore power supply.
The GMDA has also asked people to stay indoors and avoid travelling if possible. It has also advised people to be careful of waterlogging and flooding.
The Gurugram Traffic Police took to Twitter to update commuters about traffic movements. The police asked commuters to consider working from home due to waterlogging and the traffic situation.
Meanwhile, the Gurugram District Administration has issued an advisory asking private schools in the city to remain closed on Monday, July 10, due to the heavy rains.
The advisory said that the schools should remain closed for the safety of the students and staff. It also said that the schools should take all necessary precautions to prevent waterlogging and flooding.
“Due to incessant rainfall, roads are waterlogged and commuting is extremely difficult. Hence, the schools will remain closed tomorrow (July 10) for students’ safety, by orders from the District Authorities,” read a message from the principal of DAV public school, sector 14.
]]>https://cbomo.com/gurugram-issues-work-from-home-advisory-for-private-corporate-offices-amid-heavy-rains-388893-2023-07-09/feed/0Navigating the intricacies of working from home
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A look at flexibility, productivity, and mental health of working from home
ALBAWABA – Three years post the pandemic that sent countless professionals into remote working arrangements, the landscape of Working from Home is taking an unexpected turn, according to a recent Bloomberg report.
There’s palpable tension between employers yearning for the bustling energy of the office and employees who have grown accustomed to the convenience of working from home.
Both parties are making concessions. Bloomberg reports that some corporate leaders initially embraced the remote-work revolution, but are now experiencing an epiphany about the drawbacks.
For instance, Martin Sorrell, founder of WPP Plc and chairman of S4 Capital Plc, claims that what began as a productive arrangement later gave rise to concerns regarding diminishing corporate culture and engagement.
However, for employees, the reluctance to fully give up on working from home is well-founded.
The model has proven to be an invaluable resource, especially for parents and those with long commutes. It has offered unparalleled flexibility in managing work-life balance.
Working from home was an especially good arrangement for parents – Source: Shutterstock
A Pew Research Center survey conducted in March revealed that despite the downsides, about a third of Americans eligible to work from home still prefer to do so.
Rise of hybrid work
Recognizing the merits of both the traditional and remote working models, many companies are adopting hybrid arrangements.
This allows employees to work from home on certain days and requires them to be in the office on others. Google, for instance, mandated a three-day office attendance, making it a factor in performance reviews.
However, these hybrid models are not without challenges.
According to a PwC study, 50 percent of UK businesses report a decline in staff mental health since the onset of COVID-19. The UK-based business consultancy, Ayming, concurs that motivation levels at work have been on the decline for the past three years.
Pursuit of productivity
There’s growing concern among employers that productivity might be taking a hit with remote working. The United States (US) Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that productivity in the US declined in the first quarter of the year.
This is a critical issue that demands attention, as productivity is intrinsically linked to profits.
A crucial element to address is the absence of guidance on when employees should be in the office.
It’s essential to define circumstances that warrant physical presence, such as team meetings or onboarding new members.
Christine Armstrong, a UK-based workplace researcher, suggests that managers actively engage with teams to develop schedules that suit everyone’s personal circumstances.
Mental health and corporate culture
The isolation resulting from extensive periods of working from home can adversely affect mental health.
The US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, likened the damage from social isolation to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. This is echoed by Hannah Ingram, a marketing manager in England, who experienced loneliness and a drop in productivity due to the absence of social interaction, according to Bloomberg’s report.
Working at the office and from home both have certain implications on mental health and work-life balance – Source: Shutterstock
To cultivate a thriving corporate culture, companies need to reimagine HR processes.
Jonathan Best, Chief Customer Officer at GoodShape, highlighted to Bloomberg the importance of informal interactions which are largely absent in remote working. Replacing these with structured virtual engagements is vital for sustaining team spirit and company culture.
Road ahead
As the debate over “working from home” versus “returning to the office” rages on, it’s evident that an equilibrium must be achieved. This requires adaptation, open communication, and understanding from both employers and employees.
Moving forward, it’s imperative that organizations develop robust frameworks that not only encourage productivity but also prioritize mental health and foster corporate culture.
The transition to a new normal is an ongoing journey, and collaboration will be the glue that holds the corporate world together in these changing times.
In conclusion, the Working from Home landscape is an ever-evolving one.
The burden lies on both employers and employees to embrace change, innovate, and adapt to safeguard careers, profits, and most importantly, mental well-being.
Flexibility means Sarah can be a class representative in her son’s school, attend some activities she could never have hoped to before, and be on the playground building committee. She can also have integrated work/family life she thinks contemporary parents demand.
“For me to be present as a whole person in the workplace, my kids and my family are part of who I am – and [spending time with them] is what flexibility is to me. It’s not about being able to answer emails from the beach,” she says.
“I didn’t have any late afternoon meetings yesterday, so I could trot down to his [son’s] school fun run, that’s really nice for me and he was so excited, and he loves it when we come on school excursions. He just thinks that’s the best. For a long time, I just said, ‘I can’t ever do this’. But it’s important to me that he feels like we’re around.”
“There are lots of parents like me, who work from home, and would not have previously been able to do all this stuff; just have that presence at the school,” she says.
Seeing siblings or friends is more possible, but Sarah draws the line at doing domestic chores in work hours. She says conversations around domestic load have been “accelerated” by her husband also doing some work from home.
“I’ve got to be in work mode, I can’t be folding a load of washing – though I know a lot of people do that,” Sarah says.Credit: Shutterstock
“On a day I’m working at home, I might have a coffee with someone. I caught up with my brother for lunch last week for his birthday, but I know I’ve got to make the hour up somewhere else,” she says.
“But I’ve got to be in work mode, I can’t be folding a load of washing – but I know a lot of people do that.”
Her employer believes team work is linked to a sense of loyalty and, “if there’s no sense of community or team, it’s difficult to keep people’s loyalty”, but Sarah says people are more likely to do more – not less – work.
“The workplace is always getting the better end of the stick; mothers feel perennially guilty and always do more hours than we need to. I think there’s overcompensation in some areas, for flexibility.”
Even so, Sarah says “working from home is a blessing”.
How I divide my day:
5.40am: Get up and ready to exercise.
6am: Attend hot Pilates class.
6.45am: Get home, have a shower and make the kids’ lunches.
7.30am: Log on and do some emails to get a start on my inbox, so I can walk my son to school at 8.45am. At the moment I am also taking our four year-old to kinder (in a different suburb), I take him very early, it’s possible but creates enormous pressure. You feel like you’re careening on rollerblades, on ice, from one thing to the next!
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9am: I front-load all my meetings, so I can do the kinder pickup about 5pm as the centre shuts early, at 5.30.
On a Tuesday, if I don’t have a critical meeting at 3.30, I won’t put [her elder son] in aftercare, I would go and pick him up, then make that time up. On a Monday, my husband leaves work at 3pm and goes to pick him up. He does another hour of work at home and then does the kinder pickup, and swimming lessons at 5pm, and then he’ll work again after they’ve gone to bed.
We’ve got lots of friends who do that; they’ll pick up kids and take them to gymnastics or whatever and make up the hours.
3.30pm to about 8pm: On the days I pick up my son from school we’ll walk home, and then I’ll keep working until about 6pm or 6.30, and then make dinner. I’ll try to stop at a reasonable time. We try to feed the kids about 6.30 and then put them in the bath, and to bed. Last year I had a bigger job, and would then usually log back on and could do more work until about 11ish. This year isn’t so bad.
* Sarah is a pseudonym
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It has been three years since workers started telecommuting in vast numbers, but state tax laws still haven’t adapted to the new remote-work paradigm and individual taxpayers are paying the price with exasperating state tax-filing procedures.
Many taxpayers who work remotely in a different state than their employer’s must prepare multiple state 2022 tax returns and account for precisely how many days they worked in the company office versus locales in other states—whether at home, at a vacation house, at the in-laws, or elsewhere.
]]>https://cbomo.com/remote-workers-state-tax-rules-e9840c6e/feed/0Silicon Valley Bank staff offered 45 days of work at 1.5 times salary by FDIC
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Staff of Silicon Valley Bank were offered 45 days of employment at 1.5 times their salary by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the regulator that took control of the collapsed lender on Friday, Reuters reported Saturday.
Workers will be enrolled and given information about benefits over the weekend by the FDIC, and healthcare details will be provided by the former parent company SVB Financial Group SIVB, -60.41%,
the FDIC wrote in an email late Friday entitled “Employee Retention.” SVB had a workforce of 8,528 at the end of last year.
Staff were told to continue working remotely, except for essential workers and branch employees.
The FDIC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Silicon Valley Bank was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was appointed receiver, becoming the first FDIC-backed institution to fail this year. SVB ranked as the 16th biggest bank in the U.S. at the end of last year, with about $209 billion in assets and $175.4 billion in deposits.
The lender’s main office in Santa Clara, California and all of its 17 branches in California and Massachusetts will reopen on Monday, the FDIC said in a statement Friday.
