Starbucks tells corporate staff in US and Canada to work in office at least four days a week

The change increases the minimum number of days in the office from three to four. Photograph: Don Emmert/AFP/Getty

Starbucks has ordered its corporate staff to work from the office at least four days a week from late September and is offering cash payments to those who choose to quit instead.

Brian Niccol, the chief executive of the Seattle-headquartered coffee chain, said many of its employees would be required to work in the office for a minimum of four days a week, up from three, from Monday to Thursday.