Working from Home is here to stay
Murtaza Haider explains that working from home is not just a fad, with census data showing a major increase in teleworking between 2010 and 2021.
Murtaza Haider, in his weekly co-authored column, explains that working from home (teleworking) is not just a fad. With over three times increase in teleworking from 2010 to 2021, the 2021 Census found millions of employees working from home during the pandemic. Even in May 2022, the Labour Force Survey revealed that teleworking was stubbornly prevalent, albeit at a lower rate than the one seen during the early days of the pandemic.
You can read the column in the December 06 issue of the Financial Post.
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