Future of Work: 2024 – Evolving Trends in the Landscape of the Workplace

As the “Great Resignation” and "Quiet Quitting” trends - combined with hybrid work models and varying office attendance (with huge swings from “work from anywhere” to “come to the office at least X times”) - the past 3 years have brought a lot of changes to the future of work. In Europe, where companies seek uniformity across globally dispersed teams, challenges arise from the lack of harmonisation in employment laws, divergent stakeholder interests, and a surge in employee activism. In this context, in-house lawyers can play a crucial role in helping companies navigate this complexity in a constructive way. What are some of the strategies for managing multiple Works Councils and building relationships with employment bodies and unions? How can legal issues, raised by working from home in Europe, be addressed, and is the“hybrid way of working” effective? What is the role of the Legal department in supporting culture and wellbeing in the workplace against this landscape? How can Legal and Internal Communications collaborate? How have Legal teams driven positive change in response to these workforce trends?