Despite resistance from some employees within the American workforce, the majority of companies are pushing for return-to-office (RTO) mandates in 2025, according to a ResumeBuilder survey featured by sister ALM publication BenefitsPro.com. The survey, which found that nine in 10 companies will enact such mandates next year, is based on data from 764 companies that transitioned to a fully remote work model during the pandemic.

About two-thirds of companies have already mandated RTO, according to the survey. More than half of those have said they do not plan to change the number of office attendance days required next year. Almost a third said they plan to increase the days required in the office, and 15% said they will decrease the number of required days on site.

Roughly three-quarters of companies surveyed said they track employee attendance in the office. Of companies that already have returned to in-person work, one-third said they began requiring office attendance in 2022, while 23% brought employees back in 2021. Only 6% of companies indicated they do not plan to require any employees to return to the office.