Five years after Covid-19, Canada navigates in-office, hybrid work

As the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, Canadian companies and their employees wrestle over the in-office and remote work balance.

Costs, productivity and morale are among the biggest factors tilting the pendulum in either direction, with many workplaces having settled somewhere in between.

By late 2023, a quarter of employees worked remotely part-time, that’s down from 42 per cent in 2020.

The majority of office jobs can now incorporate technologies that allow employees to work from home at least part of the week.

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