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Out of office: COVID normalized remote work, but is it really here to stay?

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The World Health Organization declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020 , companies across Canada scrambled to shift their employees to work-from-home.

Five years on, many office workers from Victoria to St. John’s are back to busy commutes and coffee runs, at least some of the time.

The proportion of Canadians still working primarily from home is more than double what it was before COVID-19 .

Donald Trump ordered federal departments to end remote work and require employees to return to the office in-person full-time.

Many large U.S. companies have taken that same approach and it could trickle over to Canada too.

KPMG ’s 2024 CEO outlook, which surveyed large business leaders from 11 markets including Canada , found 83 per cent of CEOs expect a full return to office within three years .

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English

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short-lived

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