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Joo-Cheong Tham, Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne

Few Australians have the right to work from home, even after COVID. Here's how that could change

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Before the pandemic, working from home was a luxury. Then it became a necessity. Since lockdowns have eased it has become a contested space between what employers and workers want.

Now unions – including the Financial Services Union, National Tertiary Education Union (of which I am a national councillor) and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance – are pushing to enshrine working from home as a right.

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