The Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s latest employer survey shows that 71% of respondents now have a formal policy on working from home, compared with just 35% in 2019.
The survey also reports 1423 employers have implemented an “all-roles flex” approach, which focuses on output and outcomes rather than hours in the office.
Meanwhile, one-third of employees who have flexible working arrangements said they would quit their job immediately or start looking for a new job if they were required to resume working solely from an office.
Working from home has become a permanent structural shift, ushered by the pandemic.
And for good reason. The time and cost savings from not having to commute are immense, alongside the added flexibility.
Policymakers and employers must heed the change in preference, or risk heavy turnover of staff.
