NEWS
Dec 2025
A new survey of labour-force data finds that the world’s employed adult population works an average of 42 hours a week.
Dec 2025
With AI taking over their grunt work, lawyers and other professionals may have to charge for outcomes rather than time spent
Dec 2025
Remote work means less training and opportunity for advancement, especially for younger workers, research suggests. Some are getting the message.
Oct 2025
Hiring top talent remains a struggle in a tight job market
Karl Bechmann, and Schuyler Mota, co-founders of Toronto marketing agency CRUEL, have spent years refining their hiring process, which involves finding people connected to the company’s mission.
Sep 2025
Is the return-to-office push backfiring on employers? Experts weigh in.
A 2024 study of S&P 500 firms found that companies often mandated a return to the office after stock prices fell—hoping in-person work would spark productivity and improve financial performance. But is that really working? Experts offer their insights, opinions, and advice here.
Sep 2025
Why a return to the office makes sense
The most effective coaching often happens through impromptu, in-the-moment guidance. Relying solely on scheduled video calls for development creates a transactional, not relational, environment. – Jon Love
Sep 2025
Focusing on culture over cubicles can help workers, businesses thrive
A culture is not a ‘What’. It is not a static thing, meant to stay the same over time. Culture is a ‘How’: how a leader sets goals, treats team members, communicates and empowers. If done poorly, the culture will suffer – Michael Weening
Sep 2025
Return to office will be bitter pill without more worker autonomy
In the battle to get employees back into offices and out of their homes, free coffee and a few granola bars no longer cut it. But how far employers and landlords are willing to go — or should go — remains an open question.
Aug 2025
Brampton Announces Return To Work
Aug 2025
Ontario orders employees to return to office five days a week
Jul 2025
Banks Face Space Crunch as Return-to-Office Sparks Musical Chairs
Jul 2025
In America’s Return to the Office, Women Are Falling Behind
More men than women are back in their cubicles, but remaining remote comes with risks.
Jun 2025
BMO Employees To Start Working Four Days In Office
Jun 2025
2025 Commercial Interiors: Emerging Trends in Design
Jun 2025
Inside The Disney-Inspired Office Campus with 13,000 Employees
Jun 2025
Bank of Nova Scotia to require employees to work in office four days a week
Mar 2025
RBC to require employees to work in the office four days a week
Royal Bank of Canada is telling its employees to return to their offices four days a week as major employers across the country grapple with enticing workers back in person.
Feb 2025
The tech giant’s co-founder said that if employees worked harder and were in the office more, the company could reach an artificial general intelligence breakthrough.
Feb 2025
Employees are returning to find they have no desks, not enough parking and still endless virtual meetings
Jan 2025
Investors Who Shunned the U.S. Office Market Are Coming Back
Landlords note pickup in leasing activity as more businesses require workers to return to office
Jan 2025
Return-to-Office Mandates Apply to Everyone, Except a Chosen Few
Many employees are frustrated about why some of their colleagues don’t have to comply with RTO mandates.
Jan 2025
CEOs and Trump want workers
back in the office
U.S president Donald Trump signed an executive order requires federal department heads to end remote work arrangements.
Jan 2025
Toronto's enormous new transit hub is already making impressive progress
Toronto’s new upcoming transit projects is already making notable strides, with its latest milestone bringing the city’s east end residents even closer to seamless travel throughout the GTA.
Jan 2025
Back to the Office
In-person work requirements can disrupt life. Experts share some tips to navigate the changes
Jan 2025
Toronto office market expects large lease deals in 2025
But vacancy rates will remain high while new product is absorbed, say forecasters, but the flight to quality drives demand for premium spaces.
Nov 2024
Remote work poses challenges for employers
The move away from in-office work complicates an employers’ ability to effectively manage and develop employees – Howard Levitt & Chase Frazer
Nov 2024
You better sit down for this
What our research and other literature suggest is that both sitting at standing are part of the problem of physical inactivity.
Nov 2024
Gen Z, Millennial Staff and Mental Health
The majority of lost working hours is down to employees showing face but not working effectively because of their mental health.
Oct 2024
Public service union calls for investigation into return-to-office mandate
The Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) believes the return-to-office policy has been “surrounded by catastrophic failures”.
Oct 2024
As federal workers slam office mandate, study finds remote work cuts emissions
Research focused on government employees now required to be in office 3 days a week
Oct 2024
Reimagining offices as educational learning spaces
The new BMO Academy, a learning centre for the bank’s 54,000 employees, is located at Younge Street and Dundas Street West in the heart of downtown Toronto.
Sep 2024
The office vacancy crisis: Can older buildings compete?
The focus on quality has led to a surge in vacancies in older buildings, even with perks like proximity to transit and nearby amenities.
Sep 2024
The Work From Home Free-for-All Is Coming to an End
Amazon’s CEO just called everyone back to the office full time. If you thought your two days a week at home were safe, think again.
Sep 2024
TELUS Health Mental Index: Employees under 40 in Canada the most isolated and lonely
Nearly half of young workers report not having trustworthy relationships at work, leading to poor mental and physical health
Sep 2024
Why the workplace tug of war isn’t going away
Brigid Schulte says the pandemic trigered a power struggle over where,when and how people do their work that will take years to
Sep 2024
Employers take a stricter approach on returning to the office
During the COVID-19 pandemic, people were encouraged to work from home, but now more employees are required to come into the office a minimum number of days a week.
Aug 2024
Working from anywhere and being a digital nomad is closer to normal than many people realize...
Digital Nomad – an employee or entrepreneur who plies their trade without a fixed address.
Aug 2024
Toronto workers have longest commutes in Canada: StatsCan
Statistics Canada says more Canadians commuting, average commute time returns to pre-pandemic era
May 2024
Distressed real estate sales rise despite price mismatch between buyers, sellers
Buyers smell blood in the water as distressed commercial properties are put up for sale. But so far, sellers of that troubled real estate are refusing to accept rock-bottom values.
May 2024
Rising workplace stress levels make way for a new job description: ‘burnout coach’
Rise of burnout coach shows a growing societal awareness of the consequences of burnout- both at the personal level and the corporate level
Aug 2024
Practice Flights and Calm Spaces: Making Room for Neurodivergent Travelers
Airlines, hotels, theme parks and others are working to ease the challenges of travel for people with autism, A.D.H.D and other “invisible disabilities.”
May 2024
Warren Buffett Points Out 1 Sign To Quickly Spot Someone With Bad Leadership Skills
There’s a good chance you may be working with–or for–someone lacking this invaluable trait.
May 2024
Canada’s Office Vacancy Crisis Is An Incredible Real Estate Opportunity
In nine out of 47 large office buildings examined in a recent Globe and Mail analysis, more than a quarter of the space was either empty or for lease.
May 2024
Downtown Toronto Faces A Crush Of Rising Office Vacancies ...
With five million square feet of available space across 47 office towers, downtown Toronto is becoming a tenant’s paradise.
Apr 2024
Is Working From Home About To Spark A Financial Crisis?
In midtown manhattan reminders of commercial property’s difficulties are everywhere…
Mar 2024
Death Of The Office
As the pandemic leaves offices around the world empty, Catherine Nixey asks what was the point of them anyway?
Oct 2023
Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Tunnel Boring Machine Reaches Finish Line
One of two boring machines excavating the tunnels for the western underground segment of the route has reached its destination…
Aug 2023
The Office Market Is In Turmoil
Owners will do everything they can to avoid cutting rents—a critical metric used to determine property values…
November 2023
75% Of Companies May Downsize
Company leaders have learned a lot over the past year returning to offices, like the fact that they don’t need…
August 2023
U.S. Execs Think Hybrid Will Grow
Judging by the number of high-profile CEOs getting increasingly strident about enforcing return-to-office…
August 2023
Meet The ‘Dead Zone’ Workers
After over three years of working when they are most productive, instead of during fixed office hours…
July 2023
Remote Hiring Outpaces Office Jobs
Many bosses seem convinced that remote work is hampering productivity. But companies with…
June 2023
Decline In Office Dress Codes
While dress codes were already shifting before COVID-19, with Silicon Valley and the rest of the tech world…
June 2023
The Return-To-Office Wars
The battle for talent has eased this year as economic growth has slowed, but it hasn’t gone away…
May 2023
Workers Are Not Coming To Office
Terrible commutes. Expensive child care. Employees explain why they will keep working from home…
May 2023
American Cities Are Thriving Again
Just Not Near Office Buildings. Neighborhoods are benefiting from remote work…
May 2023
Toronto’s Empty Office Towers
Growing space and more workers doing their jobs from home has left a large chunk of GTA offices empty…
April 2023
Office Workers And Career Development
Office workers devote 40 more minutes a week to mentoring, 25 more minutes on formal training…
January 2023
Attracting Workers To The Office
To reverse the popular working-from-home trend resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, companies across the…
January 2023
Bosses Order Workers To Office
Vanguard Group, Paycom Software and others push staffers to return on required days, but some employees…
December 2022
Your Hybrid Plan Isn’t Working
It isn’t just about getting employees into the office when you tell them to. It’s about making sure they…
November 2022
Giving Control Over Workspaces
Ease stress and help people feel more comfortable and productive at the office…