Human Resources – Hybrid work is expanding beyond white-collar jobs to finally include frontline workers
Contents News/Article Date: 10th January 2023
Relating to which Act: The Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Act, 1946; Information Technology Act, 2000; Code on Wages 2019
Applicable to which State: All the States and UTs
Type: As remote jobs fade nearly three years in, hybrid policies have become a major compromise between those who still want flexibility and those who want to return to in-person work (often typecast as employers and bosses, respectively).
Pertains to: Employers and all Employees across the globe
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Karma Global in April 2021 identified itself as a Global Hi-Tech Organization by venturing into offshore business in countries like Canada, the US, the UK, UAE, and South East Asia.
It now plays the role of a diversified organization with full acceptance by global clients in the various offerings of services that it has in its stables which are been widely acclaimed for its state-of-the-art technology as well as a knowledgeable services solution provider.
In the earlier instance, it l updated all its hundreds of clients about the survey conducted and broadcasted by the respective groups so that we all are able to stay in tune with market developments in the country and around the world and especially the preference of Indian employee’s preference of hybrid work model due to improved productivity, better work-life balance: Survey
In the current instance, Hybrid work is still often siloed to only the white-collar worker, though. But consulting company Gartner predicts that could all change this year, asserting in its 2023 workplace forecast that hybrid flexibility will reach frontline workers.
2023 will see a shift: Instead of limiting flexibility to make things fair across the board, “smart organizations” will try to implement strategies that make work more flexible for frontline workers. That might look like giving them more autonomy and stability in regard to their work schedules, plus more paid leave.
Subject: Hybrid work is expanding beyond white-collar jobs to finally include frontline workers
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Hybrid work is expanding beyond white-collar jobs to finally include frontline workers
Source:Chloe Berger–Bloomberg
These days, white-collar jobs might as well be known as non-collar jobs, considering the many knowledgeable workers who dial in from the sofa in their T-shirts and sweats.
Remote work became an unevenly distributed privilege during the lockdown. While some employees were able to dodge the office and its associated pandemic risks, others risked their lives and continued to provide on-site services. Many of these frontline workers were service workers, such as grocery store cashiers, as well as some knowledge workers, such as healthcare professionals working in hospitals.
But as remote jobs fade nearly three years in, hybrid policies have become a major compromise between those who still want flexibility and those who want to return to in-person work (often typecast as employers and bosses, respectively).
Hybrid work is still often siloed to only the white-collar worker, though. But consulting company Gartner predicts that could all change this year, asserting in its 2023 workplace forecast that hybrid flexibility will reach frontline workers.
Many companies rolled out hybrid policies to try and even the playing field between those who could and couldn’t work from home, Gartner points out, mandating in-office attendance at least a few days a week. More than six in 10 companies have some on-site requirements for remote workers.
2023 will see a shift: Instead of limiting flexibility to make things fair across the board, “smart organizations” will try to implement strategies that make work more flexible for frontline workers. That might look like giving them more autonomy and stability in regard to their work schedules, plus more paid leave.
Some companies have already started accommodating this way of work. Fast casual restaurant DIG implemented a four-day workweek —a growing trend in knowledge workplaces—to its service employees in the second half of 2022 (after beginning the pilot in 2020), finding the rollout to boost both productivity and employee satisfaction.
“If the suits can do it, why can’t we?” Brian Coakley, DIG’s director of operations, told Fortune. “Why can’t we do it in the restaurant industry?”
Indeed, research shows that hybrid work can be a major key to keeping employees from quitting; hybrid workers have reported higher levels of company loyalty than their fully remote or in-person counterparts. And a study from software company Citrix also revealed that hybrid knowledge workers were more likely than their remote or fully in-office peers to connect with their co-workers in a manner that made them happier and more productive. They also reported being more connected to their leaders.
Workers value flexibility so much that they are still quitting to find it elsewhere, even as a recession looms ahead.
“We’re seeing a slew of resignations from jobs that have forced employees back to the office, suggesting that workers have made workplace flexibility an ultimatum they refuse to give up—and they’re not deterred by recent layoff reports,” Lexi Clarke, VP of people at Pay scale, said in a statement to Fortune in December.
If hybrid work does reach more frontline industries, flexibility may become so ubiquitous that it could turn into a workplace staple rather than a workplace perk.