Australians are still working from home even as offices reopen, data show

Government data show that in February, nearly twice the normal share of the Australian workforce worked from home at least one day a week than before the pandemic. — AFP Relaxnews

Australians with working-from-home arrangements appear to be on a permanent foothold, with the popularity of the arrangement rising even as workplaces reopen, global jobs website Indeed Inc said.

Three-quarters of industries saw greater citations of ‘working remotely’ descriptions in job advertisement during the three months through February, compared with the averages from April to November 2020, Callam Pickering, an economist at Indeed, said in a research note released in Sydney Tuesday.