N E W S I N T E R N AT I O N A L
BELGIUM
REMOTE WORK REIMPOSED IN BELGIUM SINCE THE MIDDLE OF LAST MONTH, employees in Belgium have been mandated to work from home for four days a week. The move by the government of Prime Minister Alexander De Croo comes as daily COVID-19 cases soared in the country, with Belgium registering one of the highest per-capita case rates in Western Europe. The remote work mandate will run until December 12, when it may be lowered to three days a week, depending on the COVID-19 situation in the country.
GLOBAL
BUSINESS TRAVEL SPEND SET FOR RECOVERY IN 2024 GLOBAL BUSINESS TRAVEL SPEND is expected to surge in 2022 and fully recover by the end of 2024, a survey by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has predicted. GBTA’s annual study of business travel spending and growth covering 73 countries and 44 industries, found that after a sharp 53.8% decline in spending to US$661 billion in 2020, global expenditures are expected to rebound by 14% in 2021 to US$754 billion.
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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021
GLOBAL
APPLE TO INTRODUCE HYBRID WORK MODEL AS PART OF A HYBRID WORK PILOT, all Apple employees will
need to begin returning to their offices starting February 1, 2022. Initially, employees will be required to work for one or two days in the office, before, beginning in March, employees will have to come to the office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, while being allowed to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays. However, employees deem to hold important positions and roles may not be considered for the hybrid work pilot and will be asked to come to the office four or five days a week.
