Working From Home ?

bonnie_2

you could take in ironing,be a child minder or have an ebay buisness.

QueenB.

Thankyou to both of you, Fran i have saved the link above and will spend somepart of today having a read. Bonnie At the moment child minding is not an option but i have been thinking about e-bay, just a little unsure of it all, worried about their costs and if what i have to sell would actually sell for more than a few pence, if at all. BUt i will be looking back into it again this week after i have read some of the tips on here

What i would really like is some typing work but have not turned up anything yet.

rjh090384

Hiya

I ham considering a work from home type thing to earn a bit of extra cash. Does anyone have any advice or know the best to go for? We were considering kleeneze but it is overcovered in our area and avon is not an option either.

thanks

Nile

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Fran

Hi rjh,

I have merged your question with other threads about home working, I hope this is ok.

Anthillmob

a year or so ago the council i work for done a big "roadshow" on how they were all for e-government and that in the future more and more of us will be working from home.

if this is the case, which i suspect it isnt as they tend to talk out of their rear ends on a daily basis, am i within my rights to ask to work from home?

there is already one woman who works from home, she lives in dover and were almost in london and because she had a kidney transplant and has a long commute they found a way for her to work from home, her pc is all networked to the councils servers and stuff (dont ask me how, i dont understand).

so, as a disabled person myself should i be allowed the opportunity to work from home and where would i stand if they said no? could i take it to a tribunal or something? if they can do it for one person classed as a "disabled employee" then surely they should do it for all employees -disabled or not-.

it would solve a lot of future money worries.

lday77

Does the woman who works from home work in your department or do a job similar to yours? If so then speak to your line manager about the possibility of you being a home-worker also.

If she has a different job entirely then they do have a get-out cluase, they can say it wouldn't be practical for you or them to "be out of the office/undertake work from home, etc." but if it is a similar role then they are on a bit of a sticky wicket, if they refuse it could potentially be discrimination (see link) disability discrimination especially if you can think of specific reasons why it would be more beneficial for you and the organisation if you work from home.

If they don't say an out right 'no' then talk about the possibility of working part time from home, this is what I used to do when I worked for local authority, I worked 2 days in the office and two days and home.

If your line manager/supervisor does say no and you feel you still have a case I'd encourage you to discuss it further with your HR advisor.

Good Luck, I hope this helps

Anthillmob

thankyou. she works for "court" in ctax and i work in assessments for housing benefits but we both use the same two computer systems. the plan is to work part time anyway when i got back but from home would be so much easier.

Anthillmob

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lday77

Well it sounds like you might have a case, are you off at the moment and waiting to return?

If so could you try and have it arranged before you go back? From experience of working for local authorities it would be easier to change before you start doing it, if you just continue to work in the way they want they are less likely to see it as an issue and probably won't even address it once you've started doing it.

If you need any further assistance le t me know and I'll be happy to help