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GREENOVATIVE · 2025 / II

Home or office? Arguments for and against hybrid work

Not a political decision — but an organisational question with no single right answer.

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The debate around home office has become one of the most contested labour market questions of recent years. Some employers are recalling staff, others are maintaining flexibility, others still have not found a balance. But behind the debate, the concrete organisational, legal and human considerations rarely surface together.

The 2025/II Greenovative does not take sides for or against home office — it shows what questions are worth asking before an organisation moves in either direction. From the legal framework through the challenges of hybrid solutions to the particular considerations of the summer period: an 8-page professional document covering every relevant dimension of the topic, with an appendix mapping life situations.

THE MAIN THEMES OF THIS ISSUE

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Freedom that requires knowing how to use it

Home office is not freedom for everyone — and not all freedom is productive. What actually serves the employee, and what serves the organisation? The issue starts with this premise to build an honest balance sheet of hybrid work.

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5+1 recommended questions on home office policy

Before an organisation introduces or revises a home office policy, these questions are worth answering: who can do it, under what conditions, how is performance measured, and what happens when it doesn't work? The issue provides a structured framework for decision-making.

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The challenges of hybrid solutions

Two days in the office per week, or full flexibility: both come with pitfalls. Coordination, team cohesion, unequal access and the manager's perspective — hybrid work does not automatically resolve organisational tensions; it often just relocates them.

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Legal framework: Hungarian and international picture

What does Hungarian labour law say about home office, and how do other European countries handle it? The issue summarises the key legal frameworks, employer liability questions and regulatory differences — so decision-makers know exactly what room for manoeuvre they have.

WHO IT IS FOR

For B2B industrial middle and senior leaders, HR leaders and managing directors. For anyone currently designing or revising a home office policy — and who wants to look behind the debate: what organisational, legal and human considerations cannot be ignored. The appendix includes a life-situation table to help assess individual cases.

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