Petition · Department for Business and Trade
Make Remote Working a Legal Right Where Roles Can Be Performed From Home
Open for signatures
138 signatures
What the petition asks
Grant employees a legal right to work from home where their role can be performed remotely and performance standards are met. Employers must provide clear, evidence-based reasons to refuse, rather than relying on preference or assumption. This right should be enforceable in law.
Evidence since COVID-19 shows remote working can improve productivity, wellbeing, and reduce sickness absence, commuting costs and emissions. Despite this, many employers require office attendance without objective justification. Employees must prove remote work is effective, while employers can refuse it on broad grounds. A legal right would create fairness, consistency and evidence-based decisions. It would modernise UK employment law.
Timeline
| 24 Apr 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
138
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department for Business and Trade
Opened
24 Apr 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.