Employees who worked most of their hours at home during the week of February 14 to 20, 2021.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, Working from home: Productivity and preferences, page 6, February 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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Change of productivity of employees working from home in Canada 2021, by gender
According to a study conducted among Canadian employees in 2021, very few employees reported to be less productive at home than outside, e.g. in the office. Overall, only *** percent of new remote workers accomplished less work per hour. The majority of employees working from home managed to work either the same amount of work per hour or more. Some **** percent of males and **** percent of females were more productive at home than outside.
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