Flexible Working is Here to Stay – Business Secretary

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng believes flexible working is ‘here to stay’ with the changing of approach to self-isolation on the horizon.

As of 16^th August, those who have had both jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine will no longer need to isolate for 10 days should they be deemed as a close contact.

That has encouraged some companies to bring staff back into the office in their entirety, with social distancing rules and regulations relaxed and the end of the ‘pingdemic’ which saw a huge rise in the number of people classed as close contacts and forced to isolate by the NHS Covid app.

“I think people working from home are contributing hugely to the workforce,” Kwarteng told LBC.

“I think it’s up to employers and employees to come to their own arrangements, depending on the needs of the company, the needs of the business,” he told Radio 4’s Today programme.

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