OTTAWA – A vast majority of Canadians reported being at least as productive working from home, and many prefer not to return to the office after pandemic restrictions are lifted, according to a study released Thursday.
About 3.1 million Canadians, or almost one-third of employees, were working mostly from home at the start of the year in response to the pandemic, Statistics Canada said.
Of these, 90 percent reported being “at least as productive, i.e., accomplishing at least as much work per hour, at home as they were previously at their usual place of work,” the agency said in the study.
More than half (58 percent) reported accomplishing about the same amount of work per ho…
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