Work From Home

The plan comes as Nomura prepares to move its headquarters next year into a tower under construction in central Tokyo.

Nomura doubles minimum work-from-office requirement in Japan

Japanese banks have largely refrained from following global peers that have been accelerating the push to get employees back to the office more frequently

Firms which insist on staff being in the office five days a week won better ratings from their employees on “agility” but scored worse on other measures such as supportiveness and quality of leadership.
THE BROAD VIEW

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The office vacancy rate in central London fell to 7.1% in March, according to agency Savills.

Return-to-office mandates fuel hopes of London property market revival

The trend is reflected in falling vacancy rates and record office rents in prime locations such as central London

Of all the businesses leasing space in London last year, banks and financial firms showed the biggest increase in size.

Banks want staff back at the office. There aren’t enough desks

Supply shortages are limiting what space is available, further complicating the return to office

More than half of JPMorgan’s employees already come into the office full-time, according to the memo from the bank’s operating committee. It has more than 316,000 staff worldwide

JPMorgan asks staff to return to office five days a week, prompting complaints 

US BANK JPMorgan Chase on Friday asked its employees who are on hybrid work schedules to return to the office five days a week starting in March, an internal memo seen by Reuters showed, prompting hun...

Amazon employs more than 350,000 corporate employees worldwide – mostly in the US – and it’s not clear precisely how many people are affected by the return-to-office delays.

Amazon delays return-to-office mandate for thousands of workers due to space

The delay is the latest twist in a return-to-office saga that has roiled Amazon’s normally heads-down workforce

It is important not to confuse the general benefits of offline interaction with the specific effects of a return-to-office mandate.

In bringing workers back to office, employers risk losing something more valuable

In today’s labour market, employers have indisputable power to bring employees back to office. But should they?

From January 2025, Amazon’s corporate employees are to return to a five-day workweek in the office – up from three days a week.
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