Brits have been urged to go back to the office so that younger staff can learn from their more experienced colleagues.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said it is 'really important' for staff to learn from others within the office-based workplace.
The government will ditch its instructions for people to work from home, leaving the decision up to bosses from July 19.
Since the pandemic began the guidance has said: "Everyone who can work from home must do so" and "if you cannot work from home, plan your journey to avoid crowds".
In less than two weeks this will no longer be the official government guidance as part of the last stage of unlocking restrictions.
But officials have stopped short of encouraging a return to the office, leaving the choice ultimately to employers.
Rishi Sunak said that it wasn’t for the Government to “start mandating exactly what people should and shouldn't do in this circumstance”, and insisted that they needed to “get away” from that.
He said: “Ultimately I trust people and businesses to make decisions for themselves.”
Speaking to The Telegraph he said: “I think for young people, especially, that ability to be in your office, be in your workplace and learn from others more directly, is something that's really important and I look forward to us slowly getting back to that.”
He said the economy’s “engine is roaring” and “moving up a gear” ahead of the final lifting of restrictions.
Speaking of the surge in case numbers that has seen infection rates soar recently he said it was still the intention to make the easing of restrictions irreversible.
He said: “Even with rising case numbers, the hospitalisation numbers are at a manageable level.”
At a Downing Street press conference, Boris Johnson acknowledged the pandemic was "far from over" with cases rising "fairly rapidly".
"There could be 50,000 cases detected per day by the 19th," he said.
"We are seeing rising hospital admissions and we must reconcile ourselves, sadly, to more deaths from Covid.
"In these circumstances we must take a careful and a balanced decision - and there's only one reason why we contemplate going ahead to Step 4 in circumstances where we would normally be locking down further and that's because of the continuing effectiveness of the vaccine rollout."
New laws being look into could stop bosses from forcing some workers back to the office full-time under post-pandemic plans.
Last month Downing Street said it was consulting on plans to make "flexible working a default option unless employers have good reason not to".
The proposals includes the "time, place and hours of work", along with "flexi-time or compressed hours".
