Home Depot and Stellantis are the latest major companies to mandate a five-day return-to-office schedule.

According to recent research by WTW, more than two-thirds of companies around the world have implemented a formal policy requiring employees to be in the office for a minimum number of days each week.

It took a few years for the winds to shift, but employers began in earnest in 2024 to reverse course on their openness to flexible work. Return-to-office plans proliferated last year, with 58% of ...

Johnny C. Taylor Jr. tackles your human resources questions as part of a series for USA TODAY. Taylor is president and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, the world's largest HR ...