This company is tracking the location of its employees as it ramps up return-to-office measures

One of the world's largest consulting and accounting firms plans to monitor the locations of its employees to ensure compliance with a stricter return-to-office policy that will take effect next year.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, known as PwC, announced that its UK office is placing “greater emphasis on face-to-face work”. It introduced a new policy that requires employees to spend at least three days a week, or 60% of their time, in the office or with clients. This is an increase from the previously required two to three days in the office or with clients, according to the firm.

In an internal email, employees were informed that the company would share their location data with them on a monthly basis, a PwC spokesperson told FOX Business.

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The logo of PricewaterhouseCoopers International can be seen in front of the company headquarters in Munich on August 29. (Matthias Balk/Picture Alliance via Getty Images / Getty Images)

“The new policy shifts the focus of our working week to collaborating with clients and colleagues,” said Laura Hinton, Managing Partner at PwC UK, adding: “This feels right for our business and our people as we focus on client service, coaching and training and development.”

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The policy is set to come into force in January, which PwC says will give employees time to “plan these measures.”

If an employee's data shows that he or she is “persistently violating policies,” PwC would first try to determine the cause, a spokesman said.

Many companies, especially in the technology sector, required their employees to return to the office after the pandemic subsided.

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Amazon, which now requires its employees to be in-person three days a week, warned that employees who do not comply with the return-to-office policy could be fired in 2023. According to multiple reports, this would also jeopardize an employee's chances of a promotion.

The PricewaterhouseCoopers logo is displayed in its pavilion during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ​​Spain on February 28. (Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)

Meta employees who were not working fully remotely were also required to return to the office at least three days per week in 2023.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has been outspoken about the downsides of working from home, with his company joining Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in taking steps to reduce remote work in fall 2022.

At JPMorgan, efforts were made to return top trading staff to their offices in late 2020 and managing directors in 2023.

FOX Business' Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.