As Labour’s party conference gets into full swing in Liverpool this week, we look in detail at a key part of the government’s employment rights package: working from home. Keir Starmer says flexible and hybrid working is better for productivity while large companies like Amazon have ordered their staff to return to the workplace five days a week. Who's right? And what does it mean for where you will work in future?

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Harriet Minter, author of WFH (Working From Home): How to build a career you love when you're not in the office.
Chris Smyth, Whitehall Editor, The Times.

Host: Luke Jones.

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Slackers or grafters? The truth about working from home