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Flexible work

Highlights of the ATO's 2026 employee census results on flexible work.

Published 6 October 2026

Flexible work results

Overall results on flexible work

Statement

Positive

Neutral

Negative

I am confident that if I requested a flexible work arrangement, my request would be given reasonable consideration

91%

6%

4%

Flexible work variance 1

Statement

Variance from 2025

Variance from APS overall

I am confident that if I requested a flexible work arrangement, my request would be given reasonable consideration

+1

+4

Flexible work variance 2

Statement

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

I am confident that if I requested a flexible work arrangement, my request would be given reasonable consideration

+6

+6

Flexible working arrangements

Do you currently access any of the following flexible working arrangements? (multiple response):

  • Part time 10%
  • Flexible hours of work 39%
  • Compressed work week 6%
  • Job sharing 0%
  • Working away from the office / working from home 84%
  • None of the above 7%.
Flexible working arrangements variance 1

Do you currently access any of the following flexible working arrangements? (multiple response)

Variance from 2025

Variance from APS overall

Part time

0

−3

Flexible hours of work

0

+8

Compressed work week

+1

−1

Job sharing

0

0

Working away from the office / working from home

−1

+14

None of the above

0

−10

Flexible working arrangements variance 2

Do you currently access any of the following flexible working arrangements? (multiple response)

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

Part time

−3

−3

Flexible hours of work

+7

+7

Compressed work week

−1

−1

Job sharing

0

0

Working away from the office / working from home

+16

+17

None of the above

−11

−12

Working away from the office

The working away from the office responses present how often employees worked away from the office / worked from home during a usual working week. It includes the responses for all employees, not just those who indicated they accessed working from home as a flexible working arrangement.

During your usual working week, how often do you work away from the office / work from home?

  • All of the time 4%
  • Some of the time as a regular arrangement 72%
  • Only on an irregular basis 7%
  • None of the time 16%
  • Did not disclose their arrangement 0%.
Working away from office variance 1

Working away from the office

Variance from 2025

Variance from APS overall

All of the time

0

−4

Some of the time as a regular arrangement

−2

+19

Only on an irregular basis

0

−1

None of the time

+1

−14

Did not disclose their arrangement

0

0

Working away from office variance 2

Working away from the office

Variance from larger operational agencies

Variance from extra-large sized agencies

All of the time

−3

−2

Some of the time as a regular arrangement

+20

+20

Only on an irregular basis

−1

−1

None of the time

−16

−17

Did not disclose their arrangement

0

0

 

 

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