Survey: 80% of employees want to keep working from home

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The ACTU has released a survey of 10,000 workers which found that 81% want to keep working from home (WFH) if they have sufficient support from their employer, with 47% of respondents claiming they are more productive at home:

According to the survey 81% of workers said they would like to work from home if they were provided with enough support and 47% said they were more productive at home.

But working from home has imposed an average $530 in additional expenses on each worker and about a third (32%) reported an increased workload.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.