There was an interesting article a couple of weeks back in the press where an employee lost a legal case regarding her right to work part of the week from home.
It was a long standing employee with 15 years+ tenure coupled with a six figure salary, employed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The employee argued that it was easy to communicate with her staff of 14 over Teams or Zoom and whilst working remotely, her performance record was exemplary.
She applied to continue working remotely part of the week but her employer rejected her application on the grounds that her continuation of her WFH could have a ‘detrimental impact on performance’.
She took it to an employment tribunal. And lost.
Bank of America recently told all their employees that if they didn’t return to the office within a fortnight, they would face ‘disciplinary action’.
Is this the end of WFH?
Would you leave if your employer insisted you return to the office 5 days a week?
It’s already happening in the staffing sector.