By Working from home likely to continue past lockdown
Latest updates indicate office staff will to be told to continue working from home even as other coronavirus lockdown restrictions are lifted.
Boris Johnson is set to unveil his ‘roadmap’ for England’s return to a relative normality on Monday however MailOnline reports the prime minister will not give a firm date for workers to stop working from home.
It means the ‘work from home if you can’ message will stay in place for the foreseeable future until safe to return back to normal.
A Government source said “we have a way to go before that changes” when asked if this would be addressed at the lockdown update next week.
They added: “We wouldn’t bring in a new message at this stage because it will confuse people. The roadmap is to set out where we’re going.”
Conservative MPs urged the Government last night to provide more clarity on when people might be able to return to their offices as many businesses need time to plan for this return.
Former party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith said: “We need to get people back to work as soon as possible.”
“There are lots of reasons why work is important to our lives. It affects people’s physical and mental wellbeing and there are issues around productivity.”
Employees may also need to have arrangements in place such as: childcare, transport and planning of work, if the ‘work from home’ message was going to change next Monday.
A common advantage of working from home is flexibility and increased productivity however some employees argue there are more distractions and difficulty monitoring performance.
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