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New Data Says Women and Black Employees Are the Biggest Losers Under RTO and Trump Policies

Return-to-office mandates helped reverse years of gender pay gap progress for women, while federal layoffs and anti-DEI policies drove up Black unemployment. Read More

‘Hushed hybrid’: Even as RTO mandates grow, workers still aren’t fully showing up to the office—a sign managers are too burnt out to enforce policies

Manager burnout has exacerbated the mandate-compliance gap of employees working from home more days than allotted by companies' RTO mandates. The “hushed hybrid” trend of workers bucking RTO mandates ... Read More

Microsoft’s Return-to-Office Mandate Is ‘Necessary for Innovation,’ CEO Says at All-Employee Town Hall

The return-to-office policy is expected to affect all Microsoft corporate employees in the U.S. and abroad and begins in February. Microsoft employees near headquarters in Redmond, Washington, are ... Read More

These remote workers were ordered back to the office. They still work from home.

Employers are calling workers back to the office. But are they complying? New research suggests some people are defying their bosses’ marching orders even as the job market cools and job anxieties ... Read More

It's official: RTO mandates are driving workers to leave their jobs — and helping employers avoid layoffs

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Follow Dominick Reuter Every time Dominick publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your ... Read More

Contract work rising as RTO policies and layoffs reshape careers

Contract work is surging as companies tighten return-to-office policies and trim payrolls, reshaping how many Americans approach their careers. With layoffs hitting white-collar sectors and remote ... Read More

Return-to-Office Mandates Are About to Backfire

In 2025, Amazon, Dell, Apple, Google, IBM, Meta, Salesforce, and dozens more have doubled down on demands for employees to return to the office (RTO) at least three days a week, if not all five. And ... Read More

A quarter of bosses admit their return-to-office mandates were meant to make staff quit

Bosses have spent the better part of two years summoning their employees back to the office, making remote-loving workers “quiet quit” in protest, while others have threatened to quit for real. But ... Read More

Paramount Institutes Companywide Return To Office Mandate

EXCLUSIVE: The new Paramount leadership continues to put their mark on the company following the Skydance acquisition. The latest is a return to office policy that requires all employees to be in the ... Read More

Ford employees have been told they could be fired if they don't follow the company's RTO mandate

Ford has been sending some employees automated emails warning that they could face termination if they do not improve their office attendance. Read More

‘Retiring the Hybrid Policy’: Dell Issues a Strict Return-to-Office Mandate for Most Employees

Dell CEO Michael Dell told staff in an email Friday that employees living within an hour of the company’s offices should be at their desks five days a week. The new policy will eliminate their ... Read More