"The COVID pandemic accelerated remote and hybrid working practices across the world. It also provided evidence that these approaches could work for a wide variety of jobs. The UK has been at the forefront of the shift to hybrid working and its sustainability as a work practice in future. This year, the Global Survey of Working Arrangements calculated that the typical UK worker averaged 1.8 days of remote working per week, only just behind the more rural Canada (1.9 days)."
"Along with colleagues, I observed this adaptation in a research project called Work after Lockdown, which followed organisations through lockdowns and examined what they learned around hybrid working. And our subsequent research for the conciliation service Acas looked at post-pandemic working across various industries in the UK. The employment rights bill, with its proposals to simplify decision-making around flexible working, may also prompt workers to formalise their hybrid working patterns."
The COVID pandemic accelerated remote and hybrid working worldwide and demonstrated suitability for a wide variety of jobs. The UK ranks among leaders in hybrid adoption, averaging 1.8 remote days per week. Research tracked organisational adaptation during lockdown and examined lessons for hybrid working, with additional sector studies on post-pandemic arrangements. Proposed employment rights reforms aim to simplify flexible working decisions and could encourage formalisation of hybrid patterns. The House of Lords conducted a ten-month inquiry into homeworking to compile evidence and inform how organisations can succeed as hybrid employers.
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