Working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic: benefits, challenges and considerations for future ways of working
To understand in the short-term how employees may respond to a policy, such as working from home, this report draws on a rapid review of relevant literature (from 2020-2022) and responses from an open-ended survey with members of the public in Scotland.
Annex C: Timeline
Date: Policies/Announcements
23 March 2020: PM announces UK wide lockdown
20 April 2020: Guidance published on home learning
29 May 2020: Phase 1 of route map out of lockdown begins
19 June 2020: Phase 2 begins
10 July 2020: Phase 3 begins
19 July 2020: Revised fair work statement published
11 August 2020: Pupils return to school
10 September 2020: Extension of localised restrictions
Christmas Day 2020: Meet up only
5 January 2021: Mainland lockdown in place until mid-February
2 July 2021: Scottish Government publishes COVID-19 office guidance
"In line with good practice, employers should work with their employees to consider hybrid and flexible working models to avoid a wholesale return to offices at this time"
September 2021: Scottish Government urges businesses to allow staff to work from home until mid-January 2022
31 January 2022: Businesses were advised to prepare for a new situation of hybrid working where possible and appropriate.
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