Announcing the directive to work "primarily in an approved office," NSW Premier Chris Minns said overseas studies showed people were less productive when working from home.
"There is a drop in mentorship. There is less of a sense of joint mission," he said. "This is about building up a culture in the public service."
Having examined the impacts of working from home since the pandemic started, I am not convinced.
With colleagues from the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at The University of Sydney Business School, I have been monitoring the changing incidence of working from home and its relationship to performance since the start of the pandemic.
Working from home means working more
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