Forcing Aussies back to offices equivalent to cutting their pay

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NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews are calling on workers to head back to the office in order to prop-up CBD activity.

Business leaders have also stepped up their calls for an urgent return to the CBD.

However, new data published by Fairfax shows that workers could face thousands of dollars of additional costs if forced to return to the office:

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.