India, Oct. 15 -- Google has been tightening its approach to remote work over the past year, having already asked employees to be in the office at least three days a week, with two hybrid days on offer. Now, according to a new CNBC report, the company is making its Work From Anywhere (WFA) policy, introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, stricter.

The report states that the policy previously allowed Google employees to work from any location outside their main Google office for up to four weeks in a calendar year. Going forward, however, even a single day of remote work will count as a full week, according to an internal communication seen by CNBC.

"Whether you log one WFA day or five WFA days in a given standard work week, one WFA week...