The introduction of lockdown legislation by governments around the world to
eliminate the spread of the COVID-19 virus has resulted in millions around the
globe remote working since the pandemic hit the world in March 2020.
Now, as COVID deaths and hospitalisations thankfully decline, as a result of the
isolation lockdown measures and the global rollout of a vaccine programme, and
as economies around the world recover, it is clear that remote working is here
to stay – employers see the benefits of reduced costs of smaller offices and for
its employees, the significant improvement in work/life balances of not having
to spend hours each day commuting to inner city offices and being able to work
more flexibly during the work day spending more time with partners and
children.
‘A year after the coronavirus sparked an extraordinary exodus of workers from
office buildings, what had seemed like a short-term inconvenience is now
clearly becoming a permanent and tectonic shift in how and where people
work. Employers and employees have both embraced the advantages of
remote work, including lower office costs and greater flexibility for employees,
especially those with families’. The New York Times, ‘Remote Work is Here to
Stay. Manhattan May Never Be the Same’.
