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N ew approaches to work brought on by COVID-19 have trade unionists fired up over worker rights and angling for a sit-down with the Government to discuss what they see as a need for “urgent” amendments to outdated labour laws.
Concurrently, trade unionists are hoping to open dialogue with corporations and the Government on policies intended to guide flexible work, or flexi-work, arrangements, now that more businesses are wilfully putting in place or contemplating permanent work-from-home programmes.
Remote work arrangements have turned out to be one of the upsides for businesses that during the economic lockdowns found that they could, in particular circumstances, continue to run their operations with satellite staff, thereby alleviating themselves of some of the attendant costs of operating office spaces.