Industry giants mandating more in-office work days shows the battle over remote work continues

PwC is hiking office hours but a third of workers still spend at least one day a week working from home

Latest Census figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) report that the number of people working mainly from home increased by 173% between 2016 and 2022, from 94,955 workers to 259,467.

Four years on from the pandemic that propelled workers into a new day-to-day reality, employers are fighting for a return to the office.

Some of the world’s largest companies have started to pull back on flexibility measures, with the latest to join the running list being Big Four Accounting Firm PwC, who this week announced tighter rules requiring its 26,000 UK employees to spend more time in the office.