Work from Home

Banking giant Wells Fargo recently terminated several employees after discovering they were simulating keyboard activity to create the impression of activity while working remotely. The bank, like an increasing number of companies, uses technology to keep an eye on what remote workers are doing at home, which can range from eye trackers, screenshots, and tracking keystrokes.

The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that making employees shift from work-from-home to showing up in person risks exposing black employees and workers “of color” to the racism that some say that they experience in person at the workplace.

Remote work may boost marriage rates and encourage women who are already parents to have more children, a new paper found.

Nearly 30 percent of work continued to be remote in January — six times the rate in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic.

Universities and workplaces across the country are once again going remote as the coronavirus omicron variant spreads across the country.

A German court has ruled that a man who broke his back while moving from his bed to his home office was commuting and is owed compensation.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock would not rule out the mask mandate or work-from-home recommendations continuing past June 21st, the government’s proposed end of Chinese coronavirus restrictions.

San Francisco has become a “desolate” city over the past year, as the pandemic forced people to work from home — and companies learned to embrace it.

German banking giant Deutsche Bank is calling for a “privilege tax” to be imposed on people who work from home, to erase their savings from not having to commute or pay for food on their lunch breaks.