Working from home

Grumpy_chap

Maybe you are the exception within your business.
Overall, if there is greater effectiveness (productivity) working in the office than at home, then the work cannot be done at home.
Sometimes, if every target is met, the targets were not sufficiently challenging.

LilElvis

StephanieW said:

You might have also missed the part of your contract, where if you refuse to complete your part of the contract, they can sack you.

I've hit every target since working from home. 
I'm not refusing anything I've just stated I can work from home so as per the guidelines I should still be working from home. 

Can the same be said of all your colleagues? How do you think your employer should manage bringing back only those staff members who are performing poorly whilst working from home?

Sibbers123

StephanieW said:

You might have also missed the part of your contract, where if you refuse to complete your part of the contract, they can sack you.

I've hit every target since working from home. 
I'm not refusing anything I've just stated I can work from home so as per the guidelines I should still be working from home. 

 If your employer is complying with government guidance (completing risk assessments etc) and they want you to go back, you’re a brave employee to say no. 

If you have a letter from the NHS that’s a little different. 

My personal opinion is that you see all to many people willing to go shopping, go to the beach, have picnics in the park and break government guidance when it suits them, but when it comes to going back to work, they can’t (I’m not saying this applies to you specifically though!).

We all need to get back to work if we can, the virus isn’t the threat at the moment, it’s the economy!

Jeremy535897

There have been several amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (England) Regulations. For example, regulation 6(1) used to say "6.—(1) During the emergency period, no person may leave the place where they are living without reasonable excuse."
A reasonable excuse included "(f)to travel for the purposes of work or to provide voluntary or charitable services, where it is not reasonably possible for that person to work, or to provide those services, from the place where they are living;"

Regulation 6(1) now says "6.—(1) No person may, without reasonable excuse, stay overnight at any place other than the place where they are living." A reasonable excuse includes: "(d)it is reasonably necessary for P to stay elsewhere—

(i)for work purposes, or for the provision of voluntary or charitable services;"

This was the third and latest alteration to the regulations (1 June 2020). There is no longer any requirement to work from home, whether you can do the job from home or not. But no overnight visits to holiday homes etc.

Keep up folks!

Jeremy535897

Having said that, Grant Schapps did just say that jobs should still be done from home if they can be, but as I noted above there is no longer any legal underpinning for this (in England anyway).

ess0two

StephanieW said:

Grumpy_chap said:

If the employer thinks that productivity will be higher if you return to the office and makes that decision, then you cannot work from home.
No-one is being forced back - they can resign.

Sorry I seem to have missed the part of briefings where it stated 'Work from home if you can, unless your employer deems you could be more effective in the office, then go back' 

Obviously in this case your employer deems you more effective back in the office?

Thrugelmir

StephanieW said:

You might have also missed the part of your contract, where if you refuse to complete your part of the contract, they can sack you.

I've hit every target since working from home. 
I'm not refusing anything I've just stated I can work from home so as per the guidelines I should still be working from home. 

Not about you though. The bigger picture is how your employer has been impacted by Covid, along with how the future looks. Few organisations are going to be untouched in some way. The seriousness of the situation shouldn't be underestimated. Management are going to be looking at ways of reducing costs. Be top item on the agenda. 

sharpe106

Jeremy535897 said:

Having said that, Grant Schapps did just say that jobs should still be done from home if they can be, but as I noted above there is no longer any legal underpinning for this (in England anyway).

True but the  government did not find working from home to be that efficient themselves.