More details: Visit website Almost three years on from the pandemic, the world seems to be back to normal, but not everyone is happy with the return to the office.
In early March, the retailer Boots informed its office-based staff that it would require them to be back in work five days a week from September. Its CEO, Seb James, argued that the office is "more fun and inspiring" when everyone is there, claiming it is better for company culture.
He is not the only boss insisting staff make a return to the office. Virgin Media O2 Business's Movers Index reveals that four in 10 companies are back in the office full time, while even more are insisting staff decrease the number of days they work from home.
This push for an office return comes despite the introduction of the Flexible Working Bill, which came into effect on 6 April. It grants workers the right to request flexible working – which could be location or hours – from day one of a new job.
And it is even though staff want to work flexibly. As Peter Cheese, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), explains: "Expectations of our workforces have changed and the opportunity to work in flexible ways is high on people's list when looking at job opportunities.
"Supporting flexible working is now an important part of the employee value proposition in attracting talent, but also in retaining them."
Like many companies, HR firm Employment Hero introduced remote-working policies during the pandemic out of necessity. But it soon began to question why it previously had a "magnet to the office"?
It now offers a policy that lets people work from wherever they like within a fixed time zone. That is to enable cross-team and company-wide communications, which UK MD Kevin Fitzgerald says is increasingly important as the business expands globally.
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