Remote control
The Coalition wants to end WFH for public servants, echoing moves by Donald Trump and big corporates in Australia and overseas. But there are concerns that women workers will suffer the most.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher might have expected her day to be focused on improving outcomes for women following the release of the Workplace Gender Equality Agency’s annual pay gap report.
Instead, when she stood up before reporters in Parliament House today, the main topic on the media’s mind was the prospect of a ban on public servants working from home under a Peter Dutton-led government.
“Clearly, the opposition have no idea about how modern working families operate. Working from home arrangements are a part of private and public sector workplaces in the modern age,” Gallagher said.
The return to office movement has gained serious momentum in the corporate world in recent months. One of the more prominent CEOs in the United States, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon, went viral in January when his blistering attack on working from home during an all hands meeting was leaked to the media.
