Workplace distractions have been found to be a key reason for the lower productivity of office workers, after research suggested well-supervised work-from-home employment increased productivity by as much as 28 per cent.
Researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE) tracked the number of case files police in Manchester logged into the computer system from late 2022 to early this year. Some worked from home and some from the office.
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