Frasers Group PLC (LSE:FRAS) has banned staff from working from home on Fridays after an undisclosed number were caught too often on social media.
The British retailing group, which owns Sports Direct, Flannels, House of Fraser and Jack Wills, stopped offering its flexible Fridays policy and asked staff to work every day.
According to an internal memo seen by The Sun, "Frasers Friday" had become "an unproductive day of the week" according to the company's chief operating officer David Al-Mudallal.
Al-Mudallal added "too many examples of people or teams not being contactable when they need to be and colleagues who via their social media profiles are demonstrating they’re not treating Friday as a working day".
In 2020, when Covid restrictions were in place, Frasers Fridays was introduced by the retail group.
The pandemic has contributed to flexible working with the UK's Office for National Statistics reporting that almost a third of UK office workers still work from home part-time.
A Frasers spokesman said, "We have an incredible workforce of dedicated colleagues, and in-person collaboration is key to how we deliver value together. We believe that we are all at our best when we work together in an office environment."
Last month, Frasers Group bought Missguided out of administration in a £20 million deal even as the online retailer was issued a winding-up petition by suppliers who were owed millions of pounds.
Mike Ashley's Frasers Group PLC (LSE:FRAS) also increased its investment in German clothing designer Hugo Boss, with its maximum exposure now at around £770mln.
Formerly known as Sports Direct, Frasers Group is headed by Mike Ashley, who remains its top shareholder.
Michael Murray, Ashley's son-in-law, took over the reins of the retail group in May, making him the youngest chief executive of a listed company.