- 44 per cent of workplaces require in-office attendance at between three and five days a week — down from 48 per cent of employers in 2023
- The most common model for in-office attendance is around three days a week (30 per cent of respondents)
- The next most common model for in-office attendance is 'no minimum requirement', but with encouragement to attend
"[That's] the way we behave towards our people, the way we treat our people, that we want the best for our employees so they provide the best for the business."
"We let people set their own level of what that balance is, and for some people they're in the office much more than others."
"People don't want to be 'anti-workplace'. They do want some time in the office. What they don't want is to be mandated or told which days."
"It will be an expectation of a Dutton Liberal government that all members of the [Australian public service] work from the office five days a week."
"This the biggest shift that we've seen in work in probably over 100 years… and it really happened overnight."
"A plumber, they just can't work from home, so we see very little 'work from home' offered in the trades and services space."