One out of three who can telework clock in at office instead

One out of every three people in Malta who can work from home go to the office instead, according to an EU-wide survey.

Findings published by EU agency Eurofound show that in Malta, 73 per cent of those whose job is partially teleworkable, and 33 per cent of those whose job is entirely teleworkable, never telework.

These are among the highest figures in the EU, with Malta being surpassed only by Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Romania.

Spain and Cyprus registered similar but slightly lower figures than Malta.

On average, 57 per cent of people in the EU whose work is partially teleworkable, and 23 per cent whose work is entirely teleworkable never telework.

According to the report by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), in eastern and southern member states, it is more common to work entirely in the workplace – even when the jobs are teleworkable – than is the case in other countries.

Data provided to Times of Malta shows that during the first year of the pandemic – in summer of 2020 – one out of every three people worked from home only.

This dropped to 16 per cent in spring of 2021 and 10 per cent last spring.

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