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John L. Hopkins, Associate Professor of Management, Swinburne University of Technology

More workers are being forced back to the office – yet a new study shows flexibility is the best way to keep employees

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Less than a month after Amazon announced employees would need to give up their flexible work arrangements and return to the office full-time, new research has reinforced the value of a flexible work culture.

The 2024 Employee Benefits Review, by consultancy firm Mercer, found 89% of Australian organisations still offer the option of working from home, with the average number of mandated office days stable at about three a week, the same as last year.

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