UK employees spend an average of 1.5 days a week logged in from the studySoaring truancy rates since the pandemic are partly down to parents working from home, the head of a leading social mobility charity warned yesterday.
Nearly a quarter of pupils were estimated to be ‘persistently absent’ in 2022-23 - defined as missing 10 per cent or more of their school days - according to the Department for Education.Before the pandemic, the level was just over one in ten. ‘Firstly, we need to look at working from home - and to have an honest conversation about how the ease of moving your working day from the office to your kitchen table has, inevitably, affected the obligation parents feel about getting their kids to go to school,’ he wrote. ‘There’s no ignoring the link.’UK employees spend an average of 1.5 days a week logged in from the study, the dining table or the patio - compared to an international average of 0.9 days.
ys a week logged in from the study, the dining table or the patio - compared to an international average of 0.9 days