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Emma Jacobs writes features with a particular focus on work and office life. She is the co-author of the satirical column, Work Tribes. Previously, at the FT she has edited features, UK news, as well as working on FT.com's companies, markets and world desks.

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  • Sunday, 5 December, 2021
    Flexible working
    Family-friendly leave policies are key to staff retention

    Employers who support paternity breaks and promote flexible working are likely to stand out in a competitive labour market

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    The best books of the week
    The future of work

    WFH, presenteeism, the ‘Big Resignation’ — one novel and two searching non-fiction books shine a spotlight on dramatic changes in working culture

  • Sunday, 28 November, 2021
    Managing yourself
    How to spot the chancers who are ‘winging it’ at work

    We are bad at assessing others’ skills and performance but true slackers will always slip up

  • Saturday, 27 November, 2021
    ReviewBusiness books
    FT business books: November and December edition

    From the politicisation of the workplace to implementing strategy in difficult times — here are the top titles from this month and next

  • Friday, 26 November, 2021
    House of Commons UK
    Multitasking MPs must be allowed proper maternity cover

    Constant juggling between home and work life is dreadful, but occasional flexibility is necessary

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    Special ReportDiversity Leaders
    Can social class hold back your career?

    Employer efforts to reduce pay and promotion disparities are hindered by staff reluctance to share data

  • Sunday, 14 November, 2021
    FT SeriesThe new workplace
    Return to the office: FT readers discuss camaraderie, collaboration — and presenteeism

    Survey results show how different genders and generations view the new workplace

  • Sunday, 7 November, 2021
    Social Media
    Scroll through TikTok to see the real stars of the workplace

    Social media is rewriting the rules of engagement between employers and staff — and workers are not holding back

  • Friday, 29 October, 2021
    Arts
    Is it too soon or too late for culture to tackle Covid?

    Finding the right time to tell stories of the pandemic is a thorny issue for the creative industries

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 15 October, 2021
    Special ReportInnovative Lawyers: Europe
    Diversity efforts for lawyers switch from hiring to keeping

    Moves aim to address the uneven experience of different ethnic minorities

  • Thursday, 14 October, 2021
    Business school
    Tangled up in the name change culture wars

    Organisations face dissent as they rebrand to disassociate themselves from a past tainted by racism and slavery

  • Monday, 11 October, 2021
    Future of work
    Arup’s seven-day week: is this the future of work?

    The engineering group’s flexible working practice allows employees to control their hours

  • Monday, 4 October, 2021
    Work & Careers
    LinkedIn: how the professional networking site got personal

    Newly blurred boundaries between work and home life create a trend for honest posts

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Person in the News
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge: the writer making James Bond ‘a little bit twisted’

    Award-winning creator of ‘Fleabag’ and ‘Killing Eve’ is the latest UK creative talent to be lured to Hollywood

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    Future of work
    Coping with the chaos that is hybrid working

    ‘Back to the office is not a return to an old schedule — and no one really knows how to do it yet’

  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
    Leadership
    The evolution of the chief diversity officer

    It is the newest senior leadership function in many organisations but the role can be hard to navigate

  • Sunday, 29 August, 2021
    Future of work
    The battle over the future of work is about autonomy

    While the debate around offices reopening pits the workplace against the home, the real issue is control

  • Thursday, 12 August, 2021
    Personal development
    BetterUp rides the mental health tech boom

    Alexi Robichaux, co-founder of the coaching platform, sets ambition to democratise leadership and motivational training

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    Beer and spirits
    Lockdowns have allowed us to reappraise our approach to drinking

    The closure of bars and restaurants showed there are different ways to socialise

  • Monday, 2 August, 2021
    Flexible working
    Office chores: time to count the cost of unpaid labour?

    The post-pandemic workplace offers a new chance to demand equality when it comes to taking on extra tasks

  • Sunday, 4 July, 2021
    FT SeriesGraduates: the class of 2021
    Graduate jobs after the pandemic: ‘I’m only an email address to my team’

    The lockdown cohort has suffered knocks to its training, networks and confidence, and there are fewer entry-level jobs to go round

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    State of Mind special
    ‘Our children are coming to terms with a different life’

    Covid has badly hit kids’ mental health, but schools and psychologists are finding creative ways to help

  • Monday, 31 May, 2021
    FT SeriesThe new workplace
    Are you working in a fractured organisation?

    Old norms are shattered and ‘languishing’ is the new buzzword for how we feel. There’s never been a better chance for change

  • Friday, 21 May, 2021
    FT Magazine
    How TV shows filled our need for the office

    From ‘Succession’ to ‘Superstore’, we turned on our televisions during the pandemic for a fix of working lives

  • Monday, 17 May, 2021
    FT SeriesThe new workplace
    How to avoid the return of office cliques

    Some managers are wary of telling staff that going into a workplace has networking benefits

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