including home teleworking, working in satellite offices, mobile work, and workation; companies with more than 100 employees; survey answers were retrieved via mail and e-mail
Method of interview
Postal questionnaire
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Most common reasons for offering telework Japan 2024
According to a survey conducted in August 2024, over ** percent of companies that offered telecommuting as a work option did so to respond to COVID-19. The share of companies offering remote work more than doubled from 2019 to 2020, as remote work became a common measure to curb the spread of COVID-19 in 2020.
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