"While Australia's work-from-home debate has increasingly become a tug-of-war between office and home, there is a growing number of employers who've found a middle ground, providing the best of both worlds for both their workers and their business. Following the pandemic, Australia saw a seismic shift in the way people worked, and new data shows more than six million people are working from home, at least some of the time."
"The Victorian government is now planning to introduce laws giving employees the legal right to work from home two days a week. But under the surface, there's been a quieter, voluntary move from tens of thousands of workers into offices or co-working spaces known as "shared workspaces". Jessie Glew, chief executive of WOTSO, which operates flexible office and co-working spaces, says suburban hubs are booming."
More than six million Australians now work from home at least part-time following a post-pandemic shift. Employers and unions remain in conflict over return-to-office expectations while policymakers worry about falling productivity and business investment. The Australian Services Union has sought presumed work-from-home arrangements and 26 weeks' notice before returns. The Victorian government plans to legislate a two-days-per-week right to work from home. At the same time, tens of thousands of workers are voluntarily moving into suburban and regional co-working spaces. WOTSO expanded from 14 to 34 locations and offers over 7,000 desks as corporates and SMEs increasingly use flexible local workspaces.
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