An Interesting Trend – Working From Home Allowances

14 May 2020

Many companies are realising that working from home actually works for both employee and employer- with the caveats of mental well-being and health and safety measures. The thing is that this new approach will also realise significant savings for companies in terms of rents and rates.

It would seem that companies that offer a working from home allowance, that rewards their employees for embracing this new way of working, is now becoming a thing. I think it’s a great innovation and worthy of consideration.

What do you think?

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