MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Work-From-Home Regulations Are Coming. Companies Aren't Ready.

Debates over the trade-offs of remote work arrangements have tended to focus on challenges related to maintaining worker productivity, building company culture, and upholding boundaries between work and home. Now, employers are faced with an additional challenge: complying with a growing set of regulatory frameworks governing remote work.

For most workers, working from home was once a seasonal perk or a special arrangement their employer offered. Now, what started as an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic has become routine. Between 2019 and 2021, the number of people working primarily from home increased from 5.7% to 17.95% of all workers in the United States and from 14.6% to 24.4% in Europe.

About the Author

Jimena Murillo Chávarro is a senior environmental, health, and safety regulatory consultant at Enhesa, a provider of global regulatory and sustainability intelligence.

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