The study, from the Angus Reid Institute, shows about one-third (36 per cent) of Canadians currently working from home expect to resume working from the office as consistently as they did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.Everyone else working remotely, which is just under one-third of Canada’s adult population, expect to split time between their workplace and home (44 per cent), while one-in-five (20 per cent) say they will remain primarily at home, according to the study.“I think that’s a pretty accurate number, actually,” HR expert Barbara Bowes said.
While Bowes thinks working from home is feasible, she said employers who are thinking of keeping staff at home for good need to come up with a plan to ensure everyone is properly taken care.