The latest sign hybrid working is here to stay? Study reveals nine in ten chief executives regularly WFH amid Labour’s plans for a ‘skivers’ charter’ [Video]

09:36 EDT 22 Jul 2024, updated 09:53 EDT 22 Jul 2024

Nine in ten chief executives regularly work from home despite companies trying to force workers back to their desks, a study has revealed.

Only seven per cent of the bosses surveyed said they worked from a central office all five days of the working week.

A staggering 90 per cent split their time between the head office, ‘flexible’ workplaces and their homes, according to The Times.

Two thirds admitted believing they would lose staff if they forced employees to come into the office every day, and three quarters said embracing hybrid working helped bring in high quality talent.

It comes amid Labour‘s plans for a ‘skivers’ charter’, under which new French-style laws will give employees a string of rights from their first day in the job, including the right to work from home, access to sick pay and protection from unfair dismissal.

But Sir Keir Starmerhas been …