Employers have a legal right to force employees to return to work but, for now, many big businesses are allowing at least half their staff to keep working from home.
The Commonwealth Bank, PwC and GPT Group are among big businesses that are giving up to half their employees the choice of working in the office at any one time.Advertisement "There are some circumstances under the Fair Work Act where workers have the right to make a request for flexible working arrangements, including working from home, and employers must consider them," Mr Rich said. "These include if the workplace isn’t safe, having a medical condition that makes a worker more susceptible to respiratory infection, needing to care for a family member or being over the age of 55.
Westpac said corporate office employees were being asked to work from home "unless it is business-critical to be in the workplace". Innes Willox, chief executive of the national employer association Ai Group said for businesses with staff working from home, "all bets were off on planned returns to offices given the uncertainty created when the states responded to a relatively few cases with hard city-wide lockdowns and border closures".
"But nor can they be obliged to obey an unlawful or unreasonable instruction to attend a particular workplace," he said.
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker Reality is real estate cost has skyrocketed in CBD / Parramatta, with drop in cashflow. Hybrid (Flexible Working/Offices for a purpose / WFH) will become the norm, more so than pre 2020. positve from Covid_19 is people realised its possible to WFH or remotely for majority
chloebooker AnnaPattySMH Good managers are learning they don't need to be physically present. NAB & Westpac 'if you can work from home, please continue to do so'. Law: 'nor can they be obliged to obey an unlawful or unreasonable instruction to attend a particular workplace'
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker Maybe bosses have realised they can get by without the need for offices ! Imagine the business cost savings
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker If businesses decide to make flexible work arrangements permanent they’ll next decide to use hot desking. Smaller office space needed, Maybe lower rent location. Cafes boom in the suburbs while city cafes languish. Online shopping booms Is nobody thinking of the poor landlords?
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker Also employees have the right to sue for work compo of Covid19 is caught at the workplace. Why dont you do a scare article on that to employers?!
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker We were already forced back for part of the week BEFORE the NSW public health order to allow staff to wfh, was revoked.
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker Omg!!! Why post this?!? If employers see this were doomed back to the office. Delete immediately!!! Lol
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker The City of Sydney, has been “commercially destroyed” by our highly intelligent Bureaucrats who AGREED on this Light Rail FIASCO. Australians, the WASTE is just mind boggling and no one is accountable.
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker A journo on a 457 Visa, I assume?
AnnaPattySMH chloebooker The city is very very very quiet
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