This is an audio file with a 23-second quote from CSO Statistician with the Labour Market Division, Colin Hanley, about the Labour Force Survey Quarter 4 2024 release.
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When it comes to remote working, almost 540,000 people worked more than half their week at home in Quarter 4 2024. This is the lowest reported figure since the onset of the pandemic and equates to an almost 20% decline in people mainly working from home compared with Q4 2020. This was driven by a 5.3% drop in males usually working from home.
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