Successful vaccine rollouts may signal a return to offices in 2021, but given the pandemic’s drastic impact on people’s values and attitudes, what will they expect from employers going forwards? Canvas8 spoke to Dr. Naeema Pasha of the Henley Business School about the future of work.

As social restrictions are lifted, the nature of office work isn’t expected to rebound to how it was pre-pandemic. And with people reimagining the future of work, Iceland has trialled a four-day working week study, the largest of its kind, finding it to be an ‘overwhelming success’.

As business leaders contemplate a return to the office, it’s becoming clear that remote working is here to stay. And, with the pandemic bringing about the world’s biggest workplace experiment, what does the future hold for employers and their staff, who are seeking new ways of working?

While the benefits of WFH during the pandemic were more immediately felt by employees, UK employers have had a year to assess how the shift has impacted them. Their positive outlook on homeworking is likely to cement changes in the UK’s post-pandemic work-life balance.