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As we gradually learn to live with COVID-19, employees are returning to offices in some parts of the world. It will be a very different world of work. Characterised by evolving policies and guidelines, the new normal of work ranges from on-site work to full work-from-home set-ups to hybrid arrangements.
Moving beyond the pandemic, hybrid work arrangements are likely to play a major role in how people work. To harness the potential of teleworking jobs in Southeast Asia and elsewhere, adequate ICT infrastructure is imperative. Remote work is not possible without connectivity, so governments need to prioritise investments in infrastructure that allow workers to be productive in a hybrid setting. Skills training and social protection policies for workers can support this transition. All remote work demands basic digital skills, for example. Perhaps the most important thing governments can do is make sure workers have such basic skills, to allow them to take their first steps into the new world of work. - blog.adb.org/blogs
A version of this article appears in the print on May 20, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
