Negotiating the new homeworking landscape - a guide for union reps (April 2021)

Chapter 1

Occasional (ad-hoc) working from home

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• Pre-pandemic this was the most common type of homeworking and means taking work home on an ad-hoc basis.

• It might be granted to allow someone to focus on a specific task without any interruptions.

• It might also be granted if someone can’t get into work for an exceptional reason such as adverse weather conditions.

• It might also be used in cases where following an illness or operation homeworking is recommended as part of a phased return.

• In most cases it will be up to the employee’s line-manager to authorise working from home requests, taking into account the needs of the organisation.


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