cnocbui wrote: » https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/12/tech/twitter-work-from-home-forever/index.html All it will take for a really big change would be for governments to grow a pair and increase payroll type taxes for workers in offices in major cities and reduce or eliminate such taxes for working from home. Instead of the constant pressure to spend more and more public money on improving infrastructure in cities for the near exclusive benefit of corporations, they should provide incentive for the corporations to decentralise and get out of cities so they don't have to basically subsidise the freeloaders. They pay stuff all tax and expect governments to spend a huge proportion of public revenues to their near exclusive benefit.
Cal4567 wrote: » The tax to try prevent property owners from hoarding land was only collected by 1 in 8 councils last yearhttps://www.thejournal.ie/vacant-site-levy-5104669-May2020/The report showed only four of the country’s 31 local authorities – Dublin City, Kilkenny, Waterford and Wicklow – had made any collection of the levy last year, while more than a quarter of council had no active register of vacant sites. I do really struggle to appreciate how local authorities can be effective stakeholders in the general property market. They complain about not being able to demonstrate local management and accountability but when are given the opportunity to do so, fail miserably. I think I'd much prefer my tax dollars to be used by central government with a country wide approach, we are really quite a small country.
Mic 1972 wrote: » Same here. I'm not fully set up for a proper home office as IKEA still closed but I will soon. But I don't see myself spending 8 hours per day for the next few years working form my box room. Hopefully WFH will become an option available to everyone without being the only option available
JimmyVik wrote: » Companies are already under pressure to pay more for living in Dublin
Mic 1972 wrote: » Genuine question, how are people liking Working From Home? I've been doing it since January and I'm expected to be on it until December as the company i work for now specifically hired me as a home based associate. Honestly I miss all things I used to hate when being at the office, the daily penny chats, the background chatter, the coffee machines, the canteen routine, etc.. This combined with lock down is making me extremely bored If there is life after Covid I'm probably going to go for an office based job again next year
Padre_Pio wrote: » I like WFH, but I would probably go into work one or two days a week for the social aspect. 5 days a week is unnecessary for me. Regarding space, I'm lucky to have a spare room, but people are working from bedrooms and kitchens at the moment. If I could buy shares in SteelTech I would, they'll be doing a massive trade when home offices take off. Employers have a responsibility to provide equipment to home workers, ergonomic desk, chair etc, so those WFH should be well provided for.
Mic 1972 wrote: » Are they? Most companies provide a laptop, keyboard and mouse, the rest is up to you Apple will pay the phone bill and will check if your chair and desk meet ergonomic standards, the company i work for at the moment didn't ask any question about my work station
Captainsatnav wrote: » Yeah Employers have a duty of care to provide a 'safe place of work' under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work act. Doesn't say what exactly they need to do / provide but they're expected to act reasonably...therefore a desk, decent chair, head set and screen may not be beyond the Pale.
awec wrote: » But you're not at work, you're at home. It's a bit murky here.
Captainsatnav wrote: » It's not murky at all though. Your place of work is where you work. This is established anyway, employers need to ensure if you're wfh then you're able to so so safely.
awec wrote: » Can employers dictate what furniture you put in your own home, and where you put it?
Cyrus wrote: » i dislike it being honest the family side of it is good, the work side not so much, be glad to get back into the office. very hard bond a team remotely.
Mic 1972 wrote: » I won't name the company I work for but al they provided was a laptop, keyboard and mouse I'm providing my own desk, chair, headset and microphone and I pay my own phone bill
Employers need to consult with their employees to assure themselves: that the employee is aware of any specific risks regarding working from home,that the work activity and the temporary workspace are suitable,that they provide suitable equipment to enable the work to be done, andthat there is a pre-arranged means of contact.
1. What are the key duties of employers under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act? Employers have specific duties to ensure the safety, health and welfare at work of all employees. These duties include the employee’s workspace where employees are required to work from home. Key duties that apply to the work activity and workspace include: managing and conducting all work activities to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare of employees,providing safe systems of work that are planned, organised, and maintained, assessing risks and implementing appropriate control measures,providing safe equipment including personal protective equipment, where necessary, providing information, instruction, training and supervision regarding safety and health to employees, and having plans in place for emergencies.
what_traffic wrote: » Looks reasonable enough to me, Central Banks Worldwide will have to inflate there way out of this. Not sure on the local projections around housing, that looks like a harder ideology to break down if the FG'rs are in next Gov I'd say.
smurgen wrote: » The men with the money e.g Facebook disagree. I'm sure you probably thought Facebook was a fad also. Meanwhile their market cap is around 600 billion.
Cyrus wrote: » these would have been a hard sell a few months back, very hard to see them shifting at over 1m a piece. Location is ok, site is cramped though, and even though the houses are big, the rooms look small, im guessing could be 4 floors, size of gardens will put a family off and 4 floors wont entice local downsizershttps://www.myhome.ie/residential/brochure/st-paul-s-square-adelaide-road-glenageary-dublin/4407651
Padre_Pio wrote: » Here's the HSA guidelines: https://www.hsa.ie/eng/supports_for_business/faq%E2%80%99s_in_relation_to_home-working_on_a_temporary_basis_covid-19_/
GreeBo wrote: » What percentage of facebook employees were WFH 100% of the time in January? Whats changed? Did the people in Facebook not know about the technology that has existed for a decade?
Mic 1972 wrote: » I guess it's different when you are hired outside of the Covid emergency and you clear with the employer that you have an office space in the house
Claw Hammer wrote: » There is no need for a garden in that location unless there are very small children involved. Working professional couples with teenage and up children would be the target market.
Claw Hammer wrote: » The employer is always responsible for seeing that you have a safe place of work with a safety statement and workstation analysis. Covid or not.
Mic 1972 wrote: » for a 5 bed house you dont want to limit your potential buyers to those with teenage kids, the area is very nice I used to live in Spencer Villas right across from that. A family house will benefit greatly from a back garden in any location
Claw Hammer wrote: » Some people don't want the hassle of a big garden. A house is not going to please every demographic. There are professional couple who work long hours who want to spend their weekends engaged in golf or sailing or some other time consuming hobby and don't want a garden.
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