Having been accused of being a 'mollycoddled' and 'woke' generation, Gen Z pupils are now being taught how to work from home. 

The opposition to remote working has been fierce from some industry leaders like   Lord Rose, the former boss Argos, Marks and Spencer and Asda, who claims it has spawned a generation of people 'not doing proper work'.

But a further education college in Lincoln is now teaching its T-level students how to work from home in order to 'replicate what's going on in industry', BBC News reported. 

The number of people working from home skyrocketed during the Covid pandemic - in April 2020, the month after the first lockdown, 46.6 per cent of the UK workforce did at least some work from home.

While many employers have recalled staff to the office, more than a quarter (26 per cent) of people still do hybrid work - a blend of home working and going into a work space. 

Meanwhile more than one in seven people (13 per cent) work from home full-time, according to new data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). 

In order to help students adapt to flexible working, Lincoln College is allowing T-level students to fulfil work placements remotely from September.

The college said the aim of the scheme was to offer a realistic vision of real-world industry - and the decision to allow remote working had come from consultation with employers. 

T-levels are a two year qualification for 16-19 year olds designed in collaboration with employers to help prepare pupils meet the needs of industry.

Steven Horsfield, the college's assistant principal for heart, health and care, said up to half of the work placements on certain courses were suitable to be performed remotely. 

He said: 'It's why we're so focused on holding employer boards, we speak to industry partners across all of our T-levels regularly and they really support us with how we develop and work with our learners.

'It's not a decision we've taken lightly, it's taken with lots of research and through the industries themselves, to make it industry specific with them.'

Building surveying students at the college liked the idea of being able to complete some of their work placements from home.

'I've picked this course because I wanted to do it, so finding the motivation is quite easy,' Ethan, 16, said. 

He said working from home showed you could work under your own steam and that it was a 'grown up' way of working. 

Alfie, 18, said: 'I think it comes down to the job, the profession and the person and what's easier and cheaper.

'But I definitely prefer coming in and physically doing it, but again, it's up to the person.'

Working from home is creating a generation ‘not doing proper work' as employers battle with staff to get them back in the office, the former Asda boss has claimed.

Lord Stuart Rose warned that personal development is suffering from workers not going into the office, while it is also damaging young people's mental health.

Many companies are becoming stuck in negotiations between older bosses and a young workforce, some of whom may never had to be in an office full-time.

And major firms such as Amazon, JP Morgan, Sports Direct and Boots have launched a drive to ensure head office staff now have to be in the workplace every day.

Lord Rose hit out at WFH culture during an episode of Panorama called 'Should We Still Be Working From Home?' which aired on BBC One last month.