Working from abroad, manger refused request

OrbitHeadache

If the OP is talking about the civil service than working from abroad is forbidden unless it is a necessity of your job, even than you will have to jump through so many hoops.

Going on holiday is not a necessity of the job to think you will be allowed to work from abroad in those circumstances is laughable 

Smithcom

MaiTai said:

noitsnotme said:

annabanana82 said:

Think the OP used to be here under a different guise or two, seems very familiar 

100%.  They’ve been called out on it several times before.

Think this must be their 3rd,4th or even 5th username.

Renowned around these parts for their incredulous fairy stories,notoriously poor advice and alleged philanthropy.

“Hope that helps”

MaiTai said:

noitsnotme said:

annabanana82 said:

Think the OP used to be here under a different guise or two, seems very familiar 

100%.  They’ve been called out on it several times before.

Think this must be their 3rd,4th or even 5th username.

Renowned around these parts for their incredulous fairy stories,notoriously poor advice and alleged philanthropy.

“Hope that helps”

 Bless their wee heart.  They must be a bit of a Walter Mitty character with little else going on in their life. 

cr1mson

Is this a Christmas post hence the reference to a Manger? Don't normally make comments like this but given the unrealistic nature of the post and sense of entitlement I feel I can.

On a more serious note I fully wfh and one of my family members lives alone abroad. They recently were ill that may have required an op and we were concerned about them being discharged to an empty house. As I am one of the few family members without young children and with a passport I was planning to do that. I therefore asked my employer who approved it on an exceptional short term basis but it had to go up to board level to do that. 

I can't imagine working 6 weeks when don't work remotely and just because.

antonic

Emmia said:

Civil Servant here, we are now banned (I mean banned) from doing our jobs from another country, or taking work equipment (mobile/laptop).

Pre-pandemic / EU Exit we could have worked from abroad using email / skype etc.  I think the change  is Brexit based, and probably to do with taxation and/or a UK citizen's right to work and/or data privacy (which would be an issue as your nephew has 'clients').

The only exception to the policy is if you are doing official business overseas e.g. meeting with French counterparts in person (and not day to day work), doing meetings at the UN. Permission for this type of work needs to be sought every time travel is undertaken.

As a manager, I would have to refuse this request from a member of my team. 

If your nephew wants 6 weeks off, he'll need to request an extended period of leave, with possibly (presuming his normal entitlement/leave remaining is less than 30 days) some of it unpaid.

Very true, I am aware of Civil Servants who have been sacked for taking official equipment abroad without permission,
As soon as they log on the system detects it and when they return they have to go through the disciplinary process and *usually* end up getting sacked