The question of less pay for remote workers: Opinion

In an op-ed, Assoc Prof Trevor Yu from NTU’s NBS discusses if employers can pay workers less if they insist on remote working.

This hot button topic has arisen as flexible work arrangements have emerged as a key defining characteristic of the contemporary workplace, after the Covid-19 pandemic birthed mass telecommuting out of necessity.

“The plan is straightforward: Those who return to the office full-time are paid more than their counterparts who continue to work remotely,” he writes.

Assoc Prof Yu explained: “Although this policy can seem like a brazen attack on remote workers, there are sensible grounds for its adoption. Remote workers have fewer expenses and do not require generous compensation.”