Official data offers a glimpse of what the 'new normal' looks like.

Under a draft plan, employers in Germany will be forced to offer the option to work from home in the absence of a 'compelling business reason' to come to the office.

It says its approach for returning to the office is driven by 'data, not dates'.

Employees who choose to work from home or even move to cheaper regions will likely be subject to a salary cut.

Other banks want their workers back in the office and fully vaccinated.

Companies are beginning to acknowledge that there will be no going back to pre-Covid working practices.

At least 80 employees have signed a letter calling for more flexibility for those who have been working remotely for more than a year.

Human Resources Minister M Saravanan says currently, only the health ministry has the power to act against employers who violate the SOPs.

LinkedIn does not expect employees to begin returning to its offices until September, and plans to make it standard practice to let them work from home as much as half of the time.

Parental stress and maternal burnout lurk around the corner as mothers struggle to balance family, work and chores with little or no time at all for personal activities.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin says this is to encourage shared responsibility and increase women's work productivity.

Many companies say they are ready to continue the work from home trend although the traditional office space may never completely disappear.