Australia: worker-employer agreement on WFH preferences by level of agreement 2022

In a survey conducted in Australia in May 2022 amongst workers who have tasks they can complete at home, around one third of respondents indicated being in agreement with their employer about the preferred amount of time employees are allowed to work from home. The majority of respondents in May wanted to work at home more often than their employee permitted.

Worker-employer agreement in working from home preferences in Australia from April 2021 to May 2022, by level of agreement

Characteristic	Employer permits larger portion of workweek at home than worker wants	Agreement	Worker wants a larger portion of workweek at home than employer permits
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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

April 2021 to May 2022

Number of respondents

2,900 respondents

Special properties

Respondents are currently working and have tasks they can perform at home

Supplementary notes

Note from source: "Agreement" means workers report the proportion of the workweek they would like to work from home is the same as their employer would permit. "Employer permits..." means employers would permit the worker to spend more of their workweek at home than the worker would like. "Worker wants..." means workers would like to work more at home than the employer would permit.

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