The pandemic altered the way many people live and work. As millions of workers were sent home to work remotely, employers grappled with a myriad of workplace issues that raised questions not addressed by existing labor and employment laws, and the lines between work time and leisure time became blurred. Although the term “bleisure” stemmed from the travel industry and international freelancers who lived and worked anywhere, human resources professionals use it to describe the blurring lines between where people work and where they do non-work activities, including their homes, a beach, a café, a resort, etc.
Now, even with businesses attempting to return to a sense of normalcy and get staff back into the physical workplace, there are several issues both companies and employees must consider when determining whether partial or complete remote work will become the new normal for some employees.
The idea of remote work, or working from home, isn’t a new one and has been around for decades – albeit not something that everyone was allowed to take advantage of.
During the fuel shortages of the early 1970’s it was known as telecommuting. That concept evolved into flex work arrangements designed to recruit and retain working parents. Prior to the pandemic, there was also a trend of white-collar gig economy workers taking freelance and consulting jobs that allowed them to work from anywhere in the world. However, only a small percentage of employers...
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