Recommendation 11

Hybrid working spread accidentally and unplanned as a result of the Covid pandemic and the full benefits and costs of new hybrid and remote working arrangements continue to be identified. Those arrangements have, however, provided substantial Sexism in the City 41 new opportunities for more flexible working patterns from which women, particularly those with children or other caring responsibilities, have benefited. There is a risk that those benefits will be lost if financial sector firms push back towards “presenteeist” office working cultures without considering what has been gained, especially for women.