In a remote-working environment, ethical leadership becomes all the more important
Those who hoped for a speedy return to normality in 2021 — or a return to the office — are likely to be deeply disillusioned by now. With the second wave of Covid-19 infections spiking, delays in acquiring and dispensing a vaccine, and talk of a third wave of infections in the coming winter, many employees are likely to work from home for the foreseeable future.
If all goes according to plan, which is that vaccines will become widely available for the bulk of the adult population and that there will no surprises from more nasty new variants of the Covid-19 virus, one might expect to see a gradual return to the office by the third or fourth quarter of 2021. However, even in this scenario it has become clear that working from home is not a mere pandemic-related phenomenon, but a permanent feature of the future of work. Employers are thinking differently about office spaces, and about the need for employees to spend 40 hours a week on company premises...
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