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In contemporary society ICTs play a key role in providing access to work. Nevertheless, work accessibility measurements incorporating ICTs are still limited: the focus lies mostly on the physical (transport-related) component. This study develops an original model that integrates accessibility to work opportunities in the physical, virtual and hybrid spaces into a Composite Accessibility indicator (CA_i). For this purpose, key factors that influence virtual work accessibility are considered, namely the availability of digital infrastructures, work opportunities that allow remote work and their costs. These factors are combined with those included in physical accessibility measurements, i.e. the attractiveness of work opportunities at location and the transport impedance involved in reaching them. Finally, the model develops an Accessibility Comparison index, which allows the calculating and visualising of the differences of CA_i …