Primark has ordered employees in its product teams to be in the office for four days a week, as it becomes the latest major company to crack down on working from home.
The change will impact staff at its Arthur Ryan House global head office in Dublin from September 15, which is the start of the clothing retailer's next financial year.
But the 650 affected employees at Primark, whose parent firm is Associated British Foods (ABF), will still be allowed to work from home on Fridays and finish at 2pm.
Primark began a hybrid working model in September 2021 after the pandemic, when employees were told to return to the office for an average of three days per week.
But bosses are now upping this to four days, telling Drapers that their protect teams being together in-person 'strengthens productivity, creativity and development'.
