A survey released by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on March 22 shows that the amount of remote work dropped from 2021 to 2022 but might be starting to plateau.
From August to September 2022, 72.5 percent of establishments had little or no telework, up from 60.1 percent in July through September 2021. In addition, the percent of establishments with some—but not all—employees teleworking was 16.4 percent last year, down from 29.8 percent in 2021.
The percent of establishments with all their employees teleworking all the time was about the same last year—11.1 percent—as the year before, when it was 10.3 percent.
However, 95.1 percent of establishments from August to September 2022, whether they had remote work or not, expected the amount of telework at their establishments to remain the same over the subsequent six months.
"Employers are requiring or strongly encouraging employees to return to work onsite on at least a hybrid basis," said Jonathan Segal, an attorney with Duane Morris in Philadelphia and New York City. "The primary reasons given by most organizations are culture and collaboration. And these are valid reasons."
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