Return to office tracker 2026: company RTO policies

Which companies are back in the office five days a week, and which still run three? This return to office tracker lists confirmed RTO policies for major employers, one company at a time, with the effective date and a source you can open. It is updated monthly and every entry shows the month it was last confirmed.

RTO tracker: policy by company

The table is the quick view. The sections below give the detail and the source for each employer. Policies often differ by role, seniority and location, so read the note before quoting a figure.

Five days a week

These employers have ended hybrid working for the staff named. Where a policy applies only to certain roles or sites, the note says so.

Amazon return to office policy

Corporate staff are expected in the office five days a week. CEO Andy Jassy set the expectation live from 2 January 2025, with exceptions only for extenuating circumstances.

Source: Amazon, confirmed September 2026

JPMorgan Chase return to office policy

All employees were told to return five days a week from March 2025, ending the hybrid arrangement that ran through the pandemic. Staff affected were promised at least 30 days notice.

Source: Fortune, confirmed September 2026

Goldman Sachs return to office policy

Goldman has asked all employees to work in the office five days a week since June 2021 and has not softened that line. It remains the benchmark full-time policy on Wall Street.

Source: American Banker, confirmed September 2026

AT&T return to office policy

AT&T moved office staff from three days to full-time attendance from January 2025. The policy has stayed at five days since.

Source: Tech.co, confirmed September 2026

Dell return to office policy

Dell retired its hybrid policy on 3 March 2025. Anyone living within about an hour of a Dell office is expected on site five days a week, and the company tightened enforcement again in December 2025.

Source: Tech.co, confirmed September 2026

Home Depot return to office policy

Corporate staff moved to a five-day in-office schedule from the week of 6 April 2026. The change was announced alongside job cuts at the Atlanta head office.

Source: Newsweek, confirmed September 2026

Stellantis return to office policy

US salaried employees returned five days a week by the end of March 2026, with senior management on site from 16 February. Hourly assembly roles are not covered.

Source: MoparInsiders, confirmed September 2026

TikTok return to office policy

Most US employees in product, marketing and advertising sales lose their remaining home day from September 2026. Some teams, including TikTok Shop, were already fully in office.

Source: Allwork.Space, confirmed September 2026

Instagram (Meta) return to office policy

US Instagram employees have been required in the office five days a week since 2 February 2026. New York staff were exempt until space constraints were resolved, and fully remote employees are unaffected.

Source: Fortune, confirmed September 2026

Novo Nordisk return to office policy

A new global standard requires office-based employees to work from the office five days a week from 1 January 2026. Managers and staff can still agree individual arrangements.

Source: Yahoo Finance, confirmed September 2026

Paramount Skydance return to office policy

Employees in Los Angeles and New York have been in the office five days a week since 5 January 2026. Offices elsewhere, including international sites, follow in a second phase.

Source: NBC News, confirmed September 2026

US federal government return to office policy

A presidential memorandum of 20 January 2025 told agency heads to end remote work arrangements and bring employees back to their duty stations full time, with exemptions at each agency’s discretion.

Source: GovInfo, confirmed September 2026

Four days a week

Four-day policies usually keep Friday flexible, or apply to senior staff while everyone else stays on three.

Starbucks return to office policy

Support centre staff in Seattle, Toronto and the North America regional offices have worked Monday to Thursday in the office since October 2025. People leaders must be based in Seattle or Toronto.

Source: HR Dive, confirmed September 2026

HSBC return to office policy

Managing directors have been in the office at least four days a week since October 2025. In Hong Kong, from 1 April 2026, client-facing staff must be in or with clients five days and everyone else at least three.

Source: South China Morning Post, confirmed September 2026

3M return to office policy

3M told employees they must work in the office at least four days a week from September 2025. Some sites phased in later while offices were refurbished.

Source: Yahoo News, confirmed September 2026

Infosys return to office policy

In March 2026 Infosys extended its four-day office rule to employees at job level 6 and above, down from level 7. Attendance is tracked as a minimum number of office days per month.

Source: Storyboard18, confirmed September 2026

Canadian banks (RBC, BMO, Scotiabank, TD) return to office policy

RBC and BMO moved to four days from 15 September 2025, with Scotiabank doing the same for Toronto-area staff as space allows. TD followed, with executives from 6 October and everyone else from 3 November 2025.

Source: Banking Dive, confirmed September 2026

Morgan Stanley return to office policy

Wealth management advisers and staff have been required in the office at least four days a week since 5 May 2025. Supervisors are expected in five days unless they hold an approved exemption.

Source: Funds Society, confirmed September 2026

NBCUniversal return to office policy

Hybrid employees have been on site Monday to Thursday since 5 January 2026, with Fridays flexible. Staff below vice president who cannot comply were offered a voluntary exit package.

Source: Deadline via Yahoo, confirmed September 2026

Canadian federal public service return to office policy

Executives in core departments were required on site five days a week by 4 May 2026, and all other employees at least four days by 6 July 2026. Separate agencies were encouraged to match it.

Source: CP24, confirmed September 2026

Three days a week

Three days remains the most common hybrid setting. The change in 2026 is not the number but the rules around it: distance thresholds, named days and limits on consecutive remote days.

Microsoft return to office policy

Employees living within 50 miles of a Microsoft office are expected on site at least three days a week. Puget Sound went first by the end of February 2026, with other US sites and then international offices to follow.

Source: KOMO News, confirmed September 2026

Google return to office policy

There is no single company-wide mandate, but from April 2025 units including Technical Services and People Operations told remote staff near an office to come in three days a week or take a voluntary exit package.

Source: Fortune, confirmed September 2026

Apple return to office policy

Corporate staff have been in the office three days a week since September 2022: Tuesday, Thursday and a third day set by each team. The policy has not changed since.

Source: Fortune, confirmed September 2026

Meta return to office policy

Outside Instagram, Meta’s global workforce has worked to a three-day office requirement since September 2023. Facebook and WhatsApp teams are not covered by the Instagram five-day rule.

Source: HRKatha, confirmed September 2026

Bank of America return to office policy

Client-facing staff work in the office all week. Everyone else keeps two remote days, but from 8 September 2026 those days can no longer be taken back to back, so a Friday and Monday at home is out.

Source: American Banker, confirmed September 2026

US Bank return to office policy

Employees with assigned office space in the bank’s hub markets must be in the office three or more days a week. Compliance feeds into annual performance reviews.

Source: HR Dive, confirmed September 2026

How to use this tracker

Use it as a reference point, not a rule book. A return-to-office mandate at a bank with client-facing teams is a different decision from one at a software company, and most of the policies above carry exceptions for distance, role and personal circumstances. If you are writing your own attendance policy, the useful comparison is the employer closest to your sector and size, not the loudest headline.

Whatever the number, the office has to work on the days people are in. Team anchor days, bookable desks and rooms through hot desk booking software, and check-in data that shows who actually turned up are what separate a mandate that sticks from one that gets quietly ignored. For the wider picture on attendance and office use, see the return to office statistics post.

Frequently asked questions

What is an RTO mandate?

An RTO (return to office) mandate is a formal employer requirement that staff work from a company site for a set number of days per week, or full time. It usually names the effective date, who it covers and how attendance is checked.

How often is this tracker updated?

Monthly. Each company row shows the month its policy was last confirmed against a public source. If a policy changes between updates, the old entry stays until it is re-checked, so always open the source link before relying on a figure.

What is the difference between hybrid and RTO?

Hybrid work splits the week between home and office, typically two to three office days. An RTO policy is the employer’s instruction that sets or raises that minimum. A five-day RTO ends hybrid working; a three-day RTO is a hybrid policy with a floor.

Sources

• Amazon: Amazon
• Fortune: JPMorgan Chase
• American Banker: Goldman Sachs
• Tech.co: AT&T
• Tech.co: Dell
• Newsweek: Home Depot
• MoparInsiders: Stellantis
• Allwork.Space: TikTok
• Fortune: Instagram (Meta)
• Yahoo Finance: Novo Nordisk
• NBC News: Paramount Skydance
• GovInfo: US federal government
• HR Dive: Starbucks
• South China Morning Post: HSBC
• Yahoo News: 3M
• Storyboard18: Infosys
• Banking Dive: Canadian banks (RBC, BMO, Scotiabank, TD)
• Funds Society: Morgan Stanley
• Deadline via Yahoo: NBCUniversal
• CP24: Canadian federal public service
• KOMO News: Microsoft
• Fortune: Google
• Fortune: Apple
• HRKatha: Meta
• American Banker: Bank of America
• HR Dive: US Bank
• Buildremote: Stellantis (date cross-check)
• FStech: HSBC managing directors four days
• Entrepreneur: Microsoft rollout dates
• HRKatha: Dell December 2025 enforcement
• People Matters: Infosys four days