Survey: Remote Working Could Become Norm for Many Australians

Survey: Remote Working Could Become Norm for Many Australians
Phoenix Crawford does school work on a laptop while his mum Donna Eddy, a massage therapist and acupuncturist, replies to client emails in Sydney, Australia on April 09, 2020. Brendon Thorne/Getty Images
Sophia Jiang
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As Australians adapt to the new reality of the CCP virus pandemic, more and more businesses and organisations are directing or encouraging their staff to work from home. While the shift started as a contingent response, a new survey suggests that remote working is likely to become norm for most Australian workers in a post-pandemic era. Yet, there are challenges to overcome for both employers and employees.
The new Workforce Confidence Index, the first of its kind released by professional networking platform LinkedIn, reveals changing sentiments to finances, workplaces, and job opportunities among Australian professionals in the pandemic context, induced by CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus.