Understanding return-to-office mandates and how the workplace affects productivity

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Delaware Public Media

Three years after the pandemic forced most office workers to work from home, employers are now trying to get them back in the office.

But the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown may have permanently changed norms and expectations about where employees are able and willing to work.

Delaware Public Media’s Quinn Kirkpatrick recently spoke with Emma Harrington – labor economist and assistant professor at the University of Virginia – about the return-to-office implications.