Firms such as Amazon, Boots and Laing O’Rourke are now mandating that employees be in the office for five days a week, while the likes of Santander, Barclays, IBM and Deutsche Bank have increased to three days.
So how does office working sit with what employees actually want, and with the UK government's plans to make flexible working a right from day one? What role does internal communication have in engaging workforces with potentially unpopular policies? Suzanne Peck, IoIC president, looks at the issues.
