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According to new figures by the Office for National Statistics, homeworkers are making use of the time they have saved with not commuting to stay in bed for longer. Compared to people who worked away from home, homeworkers gained an average of 24 more minutes of “sleep and rest” and an additional 15 minutes towards exercise and self-care. This comes as the ONS found that working from home gives people almost an additional hour on average by not needing to commute.
Although working solely from home has gradually become less common since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, hybrid working has become more popular, with only 28% of people stating they had a working arrangement between home and office. In October, 13% of working adults in Great Britain said they did their job solely from home, according to the ONS. With hybrid working, managers, parents, individuals aged 30 or over, and those with higher qualifications are more likely to have such an arrangement.
Whilst staff wellbeing is one of the primary causes for businesses to allow their staff to work from home, separate reports indicate some firms are scaling back hybrid work offers. However, it is worth noting that the survey included people who worked for at least seven hours and suggested that those working from home spent an average of 10 minutes less working, although the ONS stated that their estimates are not precise enough to ensure this was the case.
In light of the pandemic, homeworking has become an important part of employee adaptability. As a result, research like that undertaken by the ONS is significant in bringing an understanding of the benefits, and perhaps some of the drawbacks, of homeworking for both individuals and companies. Even so, with 72% of people still not having a hybrid working arrangement, there may yet be work to be done to provide the best opportunities for learners and employees
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