It is completely possible to do my job remotely. Due to the demographic of my team, there are 7 women currently on maternity leave. Each one plans to apply for flexible working and request 1 day a week working from home. Our manager - while prepared to offer compressed hours and other solutions - wants to refuse all requests to work from home straight off on the grounds that actual bodies will be very thin on the ground.
Can they do this? It seems very short-sighted to measure output by bums on seats rather than performance.No doubt they'll fashion this into a spurious business reason but it really does seem to be that they are uncomfortable with having empty desks in the office.
As an extra aside, I am currently on mat leave with my second child. I returned to work after my first child having agreed to work from home one day a week. I understand that this is a permanent change and my employer cannot simply change their mind about this now that other people would like the same arrangement?
Thanks for any advice
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MakeTeaNotWar · 14/02/2013 10:56
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