‘Return-to-the-office is a major disrupter’

Some businesses had outlined their hybrid-work strategies and even set a date for their implementation before the Covid-19 Omicron variant became widespread.

However, many of these discussions ceased when infections increased toward the end of 2021 and some governments issued new orders allowing employees to work from home.

Conversations also became complicated and difficult in the United States, where the state system resulted in a patchwork approach to recommendations for working from home.