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Notice and changes to working location

Lyndsey Hancock

My friend is a remote worker who goes to the office 90 miles away as and when required approximately 2-3 times a month.

They have just handed in their notice and the MD is requiring them to go to the office for the next 3 weeks 8:45 to 17:00.

This entails leaving home at 6:30am and returning home about 7:00pm with 900 miles driving a week and effectively a 65 hour week....

How should they proceed without things turning ugly. The MD is volatile on best days!

Should they just grin and bare it for 3 weeks? These terms are obviously malicious and I think this person is hoping the person is just going to walk away!

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  • I don't think there is a way to avoid it turning ugly. I think I would be included to reply advising how long they have been working remotely, that it is now custom and practice (or indeed contractual if it is), and that they do not agree to this sudden change to their terms and conditions without any consultation or notice. As such, they consider that the request is unreasonable, but will attend the office once/twice a week during their notice period in order to carry out an effective hand over.

    At that point the manager has a choice - they either try to argue that they are failing to follow a reasonable instruction (which they would find very hard to do) and institute a disciplinary, which will sound alarm bells and highlight his unreasonable behaviour with any decent HR professional. By the time they go through the process (assuming your friend has more than 2 year's service), she will just about have finished anyway.
  • in reply to Teresa
    I would be asking the new employer if I could start earlier.If yes then we have a win - win - win.
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