Hi All

We have an employee whose contractual office location is Oxford, but who lives a long way from the office.  The nature of her role will require her to be in Oxford 5 days per week during the period from June - end August, and in our off peak months 2 days a week in the office is being stipulated.

She is expected to approach us with a request to change her contract to being a remote worker, which we are likely to refuse, on the basis of it being very clear in terms of expectations across our peak period, but also that there is a lot of flexibility for the rest of the year and the fact that the rest of the team are on contracts which stipulate a contractual office location.

I am interested to understand whether if she cannot commit to 5 days a week in Oxford next year, whether we can start a conversation around her handing in her resignation, or whether that's actually quite a tricky position to put ourselves in (eg. if she resigns and then puts in a constructive dismissal claim).

Thanks in advance,

Laura