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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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  • Some good advice from others as usual. If it were me and I wasn't feeling feisty, and I had my reference already, I'd go off sick for the remainder of the notice period. Seen plenty of folk do it over the years. However, if I were up for standing my ground I'd cite their unreasonable request, check my contractual position, I'd go in maybe twice during this period to do a handover and return equipment.
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  • Some good advice from others as usual. If it were me and I wasn't feeling feisty, and I had my reference already, I'd go off sick for the remainder of the notice period. Seen plenty of folk do it over the years. However, if I were up for standing my ground I'd cite their unreasonable request, check my contractual position, I'd go in maybe twice during this period to do a handover and return equipment.
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