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Flexible work

Highlights of the ATO's 2024 employee census results on flexible work.

Published 24 November 2024

Flexible work

Overall results on flexible work

Statement

Positive

Neutral

Negative

I am confident that if I requested a flexible work arrangement, my request would be given reasonable consideration

86%

8%

6%

Flexible work variance 1

Statement

Variance from 2023

Variance from APS overall

I am confident that if I requested a flexible work arrangement, my request would be given reasonable consideration

+4

+3

Flexible work variance 2

Statement

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

I am confident that if I requested a flexible work arrangement, my request would be given reasonable consideration

+6

+8

Flexible working arrangements

Do you currently access any of the following flexible working arrangements? (multiple responses):

  • Part time 10%
  • Flexible hours of work 33%
  • Compressed work week 4%
  • Job sharing 0%
  • Working away from the office / working from home 81%
  • None of the above 8%.
Flexible working arrangements variance 1

Do you currently access any of the following flexible working arrangements? (multiple responses)

Variance from 2023

Variance from APS Overall

Part time

-1

-2

Flexible hours of work

+4

+6

Compressed work week

+1

0

Job sharing

0

0

Working away from the office / working from home

+4

+20

None of the above

-2

-16

Flexible working arrangements variance 2

Do you currently access any of the following flexible working arrangements? (multiple responses)

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

Part time

-2

-2

Flexible hours of work

+6

+7

Compressed work week

0

+1

Job sharing

0

0

Working away from the office / working from home

+25

+29

None of the above

-19

-22

Working away from the office

The working away from the office responses present how often employees worked away from the office / worked from home during a usual working week. It includes the responses for all employees, not just those who indicated they accessed working from home as a flexible working arrangement.

During your usual working week, how often do you work away from the office / work from home?

  • None of the time 19%
  • All the time 3%
  • Some of the time as a regular arrangement 71%
  • Only on an irregular basis 7%
  • Did not disclose their arrangement 0%.
Working away from office variance 1

Working away from the office

Variance from 2023

Variance from APS Overall

None of the time

-

-20

All the time

-

-2

Some of the time as a regular arrangement

-

+24

Only on an irregular basis

-

-1

Did not disclose their arrangement

-

0

Working away from office variance 2

Working away from the office

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

None of the time

-25

-29

All the time

-1

+1

Some of the time as a regular arrangement

+27

+29

Only on an irregular basis

-1

-1

Did not disclose their arrangement

0

0

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