Work From Home

The Portuguese parliament established new labour laws aimed at achieving a better work-life balance for employees. Employers that contact their employees after business hours face new penalties under the new legislation. Employers will also be responsible for compensating employees for the additional expenditures spent when working from home. Employees with children will be able to work from home legally until their children become eight… read-more

To complete the ongoing Bengaluru metro construction, the Karnataka government on August 24 requested IT companies to continue work-from-home options for employees until December 2022, citing traffic congestion on Outer-Ring-Road (ORR). Reportedly, during the pandemic, working from home (WFH) offered some respite to traffic movement on ORR. It will be extremely challenging to regulate traffic when ORR metro construction begins, primarily if… read-more

With rising Covid-19 cases in Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs has put forth a work-from-home option for 50% of its undersecretary level officers on April 16. But deputy secretary and employees above that rank will have to report to the office anytime between 9 am to 10 am to avoid rush during the commute. Employees from containment zones have been exempted from coming to the office.

Google has launched new tool Threadit to facilitate better communication in a virtual workspace. The tool, similar to Instagram Reels or TikTok, will enable users to record short clips or their screens and send them to their team members via a link. Moreover, eliminating the need to host virtual meetings, the tool also enables members to respond to video communication messages whenever they are ready. Users can also stitch numerous clips into… read-more