Return to Office Mandate

In light of the “Return to In-Person Work” (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/return-to-in-person-work/) order issued January 20, 2025, I’m sharing several no paywall resources that synthesize the remote/hybrid/telecommuting literature and offer recommendations for organizations.

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1. How Effective Is Telecommuting? Assessing the Status of Our Scientific Findings

https://shorturl.at/57Iv0

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Our conclusion at that time was, "The research overall suggests that telecommuting may be most beneficial in terms of organizational outcomes when it is practiced to a moderate degree. That is, a balance of face-to-face and virtual contact may be optimal." The conclusion that hybrid work is associated with beneficial work outcomes continues to hold true.

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2. Remote work: Post-COVID-19 state of the knowledge and best practice recommendations

https://www.siop.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/remote.pdf

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In this White Paper we reviewed the latest literature and took a deep dive into the relationship between remote/hybrid work and job performance. Overall conclusions based on experimental/quasi-experimental studies is that there is no consistent between-person evidence that those who work remotely perform more poorly than do those who do not work remotely.?

Check out both resources for best practice suggestions.