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When Portugal forbade bosses from contacting employees after hours, international media jumped at the chance to cover the new law. Portuguese workers were oddly quiet. Why? Sarah Gonzales for NPR hide caption
Stuck@Work: Your Country's Brand Is Escape, But You Can't
Sunday
Jonathan Pruiett, a geospatial analyst with Cognizant, is part of a team that updates Google maps. They pushed back against a policy that would have required them to be in the office full-time and won a 90-day reprieve. Jonathan Pruiett hide caption
The idea of working in the office, all day, every day? No thanks, say workers
Wednesday
Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Writer Anne Helen Petersen says that on the other side of the pandemic, there's a chance work will rotate more around people's lives instead of the other way around. Maskot/Getty Images hide caption
As companies look to bring remote workers back to the office, a writer asks: Why?
Saturday
40% of robocalls reportedly are scams. PhotoAlto/Antoine Arraou/Getty Images/PhotoAlto hide caption
Opinion: "Hello? Hello?" The Pain Of Pandemic Robocalls
Thursday
Google is also offering four weeks per year where employees can work from anywhere they want. Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gettty Images hide caption
Friday
Kristy Miller gets away from her home office in Charlotte, N.C., with her dogs, Oreo and Dabo. Kristy Miller hide caption
Sunday
2020 made moving a reality for millions of Americans. Some moved to be near family, others chose to pursue their pre-pandemic pipe dreams and move to distant locations in pursuit of a better lifestyle and a cheaper cost of living. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption
Friday
As many as 23 million Americans are planning to relocate as telework becomes the new normal, according to a new survey. Ken Wramton/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
When the pandemic first hit, corporate executives thought video meetings were awesome and productive. Now, CEOs are questioning how much those meetings really achieve. Alistair Berg/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
People stand in the lobby of Amazon offices in New York in January 2019. At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in New York and five other U.S. cities. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Friday
Google announced some employees could return to company offices over the summer but said most of the tech giant's employees would likely be allowed to work from home for the rest of the year. Michael Liedtke/AP hide caption
Thursday
Professor Robert Kelly, his wife, Kim Jung-A, and their children Marion and James spoke to the BBC about the challenge of balancing work and family life during the coronavirus crisis. BBC / Screenshot by NPR hide caption