Homeworking After Lockdown

With the final stage of the Government's Roadmap out of Lockdown fast approaching, Will Clift discusses some issues for employers to consider when deciding what the future of work will look like for their staff.

At present, the UK Government's Roadmap out of Lockdown states that, on 21 June 2021, all legal limits on social contact will end. As we approach that date, employers and businesses are considering how best to manage the post pandemic world of work. According to the Office for National Statistics, during the first lockdown, 86% of the workforce worked form home "to some extent". In the second lockdown almost 40% of workers were mainly working from home. Recent research (see A. Felsted; Homeworking in UK) suggests that 88% of employees who worked from home during the lockdown would like to continue doing so in some capacity in the future, with almost 50% of employees wishing to work from home some or all of the time. These statistics indicate that there will