Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “have no bearing on” and its meaning is “to have no influence/effect on something; to be irrelevant to something”.
Example Sentence: Aside from (apart from) reducing the risk of being exposed to Covid-19, remote work gives employees far more flexibility during their work day, a fact that has proven to have no bearing on their productivity. In fact, research has found that productivity is often higher when employees are permitted to work from home… For Black women, staying at home has meant a reprieve (break) from some of the microaggressions that they would typically face in an in-person work environment.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Employees are accepting pay cuts to keep working from home. They shouldn’t and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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