A recent poll conducted by BusinessTech shows that driving into the office is becoming increasingly unaffordable for many of South Africa’s workers.
The poll, which was conducted in mid-June, considered responses from 5,406 readers. BusinessTech’s core readership includes professionals, executives, managers and chief executives – meaning the results are more likely to skew towards working from home compared to the average employee.latest unemployment data which shows that professional employees are more likely to be working from home than any other worker group in the country.
The rising petrol prices and questions of affordability form part of a growing conversation about permanently working from home in South Africa.shows people are generally unsure of when to come into the office and why. Many employees also feel the commute is unnecessary and would rather spend valuable time with family.
“The biggest opportunity for business leaders is to reimagine the role of the office and create clarity around why, when, and how often teams should gather in person,” Microsoft said.South African motorists need to prepare themselves for yet another sizeable fuel price hike in July, with the latest daily snapshot of fluctuating prices from the Central Energy Fund pointing to a hike of as much as R2 per litre for petrol.
The steep price increases forecast for July comes despite the government extending its fuel price interventions for a further two months. Fuel prices in July will see R1.50 kept off the general fuel levy. In August, this will be reduced to 75 cents per litre as the other 75 cents is added back.
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