Documents held by the APSC in relation to APS working from home polices and arrangements

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This FOI release comprises APSC briefing material on flexible work across the Australian Public Service, including Question Briefs (such as QB25-000014), an Estimates Brief (SB25-000033 and SB25-000079 series), talking points, and supporting media and reference lists, dated around March 2025. It states that flexible working requests are assessed case by case, not as an entitlement to full-time work from home, and that a common flexible working clause was incorporated into all 103 APS enterprise agreements, operational from 9 May 2024. The APS Commissioner is preparing a report on the operation of flexible working arrangements. Data cited from the 2024 APS Employee Census shows 76 per cent of respondents accessed some form of flexible work, 83 per cent were confident requests would receive reasonable consideration, and 47 per cent worked away from the office some of the time. Department of Finance office occupancy figures show average cost per worker fell by $759 to $8,700 in 2022-23.