Millions of hybrid workers handed 'one hour and 35 minute' boost

James Rodger
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Millions of hybrid workers handed 'one hour and 35 minute' boost
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Hybrid working is much more likely if staff have a degree, the Office for National Statistics has found. New figures show ability to work from home differs greatly by factors such as age, job type and education, according to ONS.

Workers with degree-level education are 10 times more likely to have a hybrid working arrangement than those with no qualifications. “While the trend in working only from home has fallen since 2021, a hybrid-working model (part travelling to work, and part at home), has become the ‘new normal’ for around a quarter of workers,” it said.

“In 2022, we asked the question: ‘Is hybrid working here to stay?’ It appears it is, but for some workers more than others.” The ONS said those who hybrid work save 56 minutes a week on commuting, and spend an average of 24 minutes more on sleep and rest and 15 minutes more on exercise, sports and wellbeing - totalling 95 minutes, one one hour and 35 minutes.

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Catherine Sermon of Phoenix Insights, a thinktank ran by the FTSE 100 insurer Phoenix Group, said it was best “where possible” for employers to adopt flexible working practices. “Hybrid working can be a gamechanger for workers, enabling them to balance work for a wide range of important reasons such as caring responsibilities, or better manage their physical and mental health,” she added.

'Improved staff well-being' has continued to be one of the most frequently reported business reasons for using or intending to use increased hybrid- and home-working, ONS found. Workers aged over 30 years were more likely to hybrid work compared with those in their 20s and younger.

Of people surveyed between April 10 and 30 June 2024, 29% of workers aged 30 years and older followed a hybrid working pattern, compared with 19% for those aged 16 to 29 years old. Working parents were more likely to hybrid work (35%) compared with working non-parents (24%). This may be because parents find hybrid working helps to facilitate childcare or working around the school day.

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