WLP252 What's Going On as The World Embraces Remote Work

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We have a special guest for today’s What’s Going On episode, as Tim Burgess from Shield GEO joins Pilar Orti from Virtual Not Distant, while Maya is away.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recording on the 6th November 2020, heres:'</span></p> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400;">5.32 What's going on </span></h2> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">Home vs Office</span></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This article</span> <a href= "https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/working-from-home-rebellion-commuters-who-don-t-want-to-returns-to-the-office-20201021-p567bh.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The commuters who don't want to return to the office</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">illustrates how women in particular feel less rushed and time pressured, when they don’t have to travel to work outside the home. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Business Insider Australia point out that</span> <a href= "https://www.businessinsider.com.au/dutch-civil-servants-daily-bonus-remote-home-working-coffee-bills-2020-10?r=US&IR=T"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Dutch civil servants now get $2 a day to cover coffee and toilet paper while remote working — and you should ask your boss for the same, a financial institution says</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is now law in parts of Europe, with new law in Spain to ensure boundaries, and this from Switzerland:</span> <a href= "https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/court-decision_companies-must-pay-share-of-rent-for-employees-working-from-home/45781126"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Companies must pay share of rent for employees working from home</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><span style="font-weight: 400;">21.50 Research into future of work</span></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Great to see</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">work from anywhere</span></em> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/po