Surging Gas Prices Fuel Employee Pushback Against Return‑to‑Office Mandates

With gas prices exceeding $3.70 per gallon, employees are demanding to work from home.

BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INC

There’s been no shortage of reasons why employees have resisted tightening return to office (RTO) mandates—from cramped workspaces to on-site perks that have lost their appeal, as well as simple loss of job flexibility. But the spreading disruption across the Middle East as the U.S. and Israel wage war on Iran is giving many workers another compelling argument for demanding to work from home: surging gas prices.

With the over two-week conflict vastly reducing oil tanker traffic in the........

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