Give employees the right to work remotely when possible

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Currently the employer has power to decide where work is carried out based on corporate judgement of corporate concerns; but, the ecology, wellbeing and economy of the country can benefit, especially for solely electronic work, if the employee had rights to decide where they do their work.

There is significant debate ongoing about remote working. The main concerns appear to be productivity, ecology and wellbeing. Looking to the future, if remote working is protected under employee law, the country could gain significant benefit in terms of electronic industry growth, ecology savings from reduced carbon footprint required for work and wellbeing benefits from better work-life balance.

Emerging from the pandemic, more remote working is in the best interest of the country.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Introduce a legal right for employees to work remotely

Timeline

9 Jul 2021	Petition opened for signatures
13 Jul 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Jul 2021

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