Working from home boosts employment - Study: Flexibility balances family and professional life
While experts continue to debate the benefits and drawbacks of working from home, a recent British parliamentary report suggests that this option could help boost employment.
In addition to helping retain staff, the researchers note that flexibility can bring people back into the workforce who might not otherwise have been able to work. The report was published days after data showed that unemployment in the UK had risen to 5% in the three months to September.
The publication's authors also cited research from Italy, which showed that flexibility has created new opportunities for parents and caregivers, allowing them to better balance family and professional responsibilities.
In London, around 55% of employees work in a hybrid model. Flexible working can also support government efforts to address regional inequalities by distributing citizens, and therefore consumption, more evenly across the country.
Despite room for improvement, the UK is estimated to have among the highest levels of remote working in the world. According to the report, the extent of working from home varies significantly across Europe, with the UK at the top of the 18 countries included in the Global Survey. The survey was conducted between November 2024 and February 2025.
Globally, people work from home an average of 1.2 days a week, but the difference between countries is large, from just 0.5 days in South Korea to 1.9 days in Canada. In Britain, the average is 1.8 days a week, the highest in Europe and second among the 40 countries surveyed. The UK is followed by Finland (1.7), Germany (1.6) and Portugal (1.5).
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