THE debate on the return to work has been across the news and social media in recent days.

A government campaign to get people physically back to work starts this week.

So on Friday morning Transport Secretary Grant Shapps was up for the media round and quick to emphasis the message.

During zoom interviews from his home.

The debate has so far centred on whether the world of work had already changed and if it would be damaging to city centres not to have employees physically back.

But has anyone noticed that the government’s message is in fact confusing from their pandemic guidance?

You know that little thing Covid-19, that seems to be forgotten by many.

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You see the government are rightly still saying employer’s need to follow the rules to be Covid secure and that include social distancing in work environments.

Spacing everyone out for many offices would actually mean it is impossible to have everyone back, and even difficult to get a majority back as there simply isn’t the room.

So many working from home will have to continue anyway regardless of what this new campaign says.

And one final thing for those suggesting people working at home are somehow lazy - research by academics at Cardiff and Southampton universities suggests that in fact the majority are as productive, if not more so, and enjoy health benefits from it.