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As many employers push for workers to return to the office with new COVID-19 infections contained and vaccinations widely available, many workers would rather continue working from home (WFH) for the long term. And both internally and externally, some are pushing back — and sparking a heated debate about the future of work. “I find it interesting (stupid) how WFH was considered a “vital necessity” to keep companies afloat last year…But now that companies want people back in the office… Source link

Major companies have said in recent job postings that Colorado residents are ineligible to apply for certain remote positions because a new state law requires businesses to disclose the expected salary or pay range for positions, according to the Wall Street Journal. Why it matters: The law, which went into effect in January, is meant to help close the gender wage gap and to promote wage transparency for employees, but companies have said Coloradans need not apply to avoid disclosing the… Source link

The move to remote work at the onset of the pandemic last year happened virtually overnight, with shelter-in-place orders forcing office workers to abandon the spaces where they spent most of their waking hours as if driven off by a nuclear meltdown. So people spent the next weeks and months reorganizing their lives and homes, carving offices out of bedroom corners and slipping in and out of home schooling sessions for kids between calls, with former commute hours now devoted to myriad other… Source link

Android 12, which is now available as a public beta, will work with Android TV. Angela Lang/CNET

Android 12, which is now available as a public beta, will work with Android TV. Angela Lang/CNET

Android 12, which is now available as a public beta, will work with Android TV. Angela Lang/CNET

Apple’s (AAPL) newest Apple TV 4K hits the market Friday with a new processor, slick color calibration capabilities, and an overdue upgrade for the Siri remote. It’s a notable array of updates that make the Apple TV 4K quite the remarkable streaming box. Starting at $179 with 32GB of storage or $199 with 64GB, the Apple TV 4K does more than stream shows and movies; it lets you control your smart home devices, play games, and work out with Apple Fitness+. The streaming box market, though,… Source link

Android 12, which is now available as a public beta, will work with Android TV. Angela Lang/CNET

(Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images) Corbis via Getty Images Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai shared his vision of the search giant’s new hybrid return-to-work plans via an internal message from the chief executive to his employees. The plan would call for around 60% of Googlers coming together in the office for a few days a week, while another 20% will work in new office locations and 20% are anticipated to work remotely.  In his post, Pichai first… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google says it expects about 20% of ifs workforce to still work remotely after its offices reopen this fall, while some 60% will work a hybrid schedule that includes about three days in the office and two days “wherever they work best.” The remaining 20% can change their location to a different Google office. The policy announced Wednesday relaxes the company’s stricter earlier stance. “The future of work is flexibility,” CEO… Source link