Professor Kevin Murphy

University of Limerick

Professor Kevin Murphy is the Kemmy Chair of Work and Employment Studies at the University of Limerick

What happens if the boss wants you back in the office?

Many organisations will be watching Donald Trump's return to the office order for US federal employees with great interest

Business executives are increasingly the targets of threats and even violence, which means corporate security is a thriving industry

Starbucks' decision to give their new boss a jet for his commute to the office shows a strong and extreme bias against remote work

There are several reasons to be concerned about this workplace trend as firms seek to push employees to return full-time to the office

It's often assumed that reductions in the number of hours worked must mean a reduction in pay, but this does not have to be the case

There are three main reaons why bosses and managers are so insistent on getting employees back to the office

Successful trials of a 4 day working week model support the idea that this can workplace improve productivity and satisfaction

Quiet hiring may be a new buzzword, but training and developing existing employees to do other tasks is very much an old idea

As the recent Wells Fargo case shows, employer surveillance of workers raises many important questions

Organisations that impose return-to-office mandates face the catastrophic possibility of losing their most valuable workers