Hi Community,

Looking for some advice once again :-) 

Back story; after COVID, most of our staff are remote based, and its up to them should they wish to attend the office. Like many other businesses, we are looking to adapt this for more office visibility (due to a number of reasons I wont go into but they are valid and evidenced). We have not mandated, but 'encouraged' staff to attend the office at least once per week. We have left this to our managers to discuss with their teams and agree but as mentioned, we pride ourselves on our flexibility so we want to keep away from mandating anything. 

We have already had a formal FWR which has been approved due to an individual relocating and have agreed they can attend the office twice per month. This has been agreed in writing and a contract amendment has been finalised. We have a few other staff who have relocated and arent able to make it in once per week. We are keen to reach and agreement that suits both parties for this. My only query, is we are looking to informally resolve the staff who havent put in a FWR, but also keep consistency. Would it be the same end result that we would agree the new terms in writing, regardless if it was a formal FWR request or informally agreed? 

Sounds a bit like a stupid question but just sense checking :-) 

Thanks in advance