Nicola Sturgeon will make her weekly statement on covid today as her government continues to talk up the benefits of homeworking.
The First Minister will deliver her regular address to MSPs on the state of the pandemic amid calls from opposition parties to get workers back in offices.
The Scottish Government has repeatedly warned companies during the last two years to allow staff who are able to work from home the opportunity to do.
The latest guidance was changed yesterday, with firms now allowed to let some workers back in offices while others continue working remotely.
But there are fears about the long-term damage being done to city centre economies as office blocks continue to sit empty.
Speaking yesterday, John Swinney said “ministers would want to encourage hybrid working, it obviously has many benefits for individuals for organisations”.
But the Scottish Conservatives believe ministers should be encouraging members of the public to get back to the office.
Asked yesterday what ministers wanted to see happen to office working long term, Swinney said: "I think it's very much a decision that has got to be discussed at individual business level.
"But I think many organisations have found during the course of the pandemic that they could have members of staff working at home with more flexible arrangements on working on their behalf and their organisations still able to perform and to function.
"Ministers would want to encourage hybrid locking it obviously has many benefits for individuals for organisations and obviously for reducing some of the emissions that will come about as a consequence of lower levels of transportation that are going on within the country.
"There are many benefits of hybrid working and I think one of the legacies of the pandemic will be that hybrid."
Tory MSP Murdo Fraser said: "Work from home restrictions have caused extensive damage to our city centre economies over the past two years.
"So business owners will have been disappointed - though not surprised - to have once again been overlooked by the Deputy First Minister as he talked up the benefits of continued homeworking as part of a hybrid approach.
"For many people homeworking is simply not possible or sustainable, and those people should be encouraged to go back to work as soon as possible
"As the threat of Covid recedes, it’s essential that employers and workers are allowed to decide for themselves how they want to work, without unnecessary Government interference."
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