Bosses Made to Justify Why Staff Shouldn't Work From Home

Bosses made to justify why staff shouldn't work from home

Bosses will have to host a meeting with staff who ask for flexible working and lay out their rationale for refusing, under a new policy outlined by Louise Haigh. The cabinet office minister told a union gathering that business leaders would have to “properly consider” flexibility requests from staff and grant an in-person meeting to discuss the move.“Life isn’t always as neat as we’d like it to be or as employers we would like it to be,” she tol…

British bosses to be forced to meet with employees who request flexible working

Labour vows to make it harder for bosses to refuse staff’s work-from-home requests

Louise Haigh tells unions that businesses will be forced to demonstrate that they have ‘properly’ considered requests

Labour to make it harder to stop working from home

Louise Haigh made the announcement to the Trade Unions Congress (TUC) in Brighton

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Louise Haigh Addresses Trades Union Congress

Burnham’s deputy is speaking at the TUC Congress in his absence. The main bit of news is that she has promised to make it harder to refuse requests to work from home. New amendments will be added to the Employment Rights Act to do so. Hike up costs on businesses some more why don’t you…