With the Netherlands on the cusp of becoming one of the first countries to make work-from-home requests a legal right, People Management asks experts if the UK could do the same
On Tuesday (5 July), the Dutch parliament approved legislation making it compulsory for employers to consider employee requests to work from home as long as their field of work allows it.
While the remote working legislation got the green light by the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands, the proposal still needs to be approved at the Dutch senate before it is passed into law.
As the Dutch government contemplates enshrining working from home in law, People Management questions whether the UK could consider following this example.
Currently, UK employees who have been employed for at least 26 weeks have the right to request flexible working, which could include a part or total ability to work from home. And, while the UK government’s 2019 election manifesto promised to consult on making flexible working an employer’s default position, part of the Employment Bill the HR profession has been calling for, this has not yet been prioritised.
The new law in the Netherlands relates to the right to request remote working, which is “a more nuanced way of looking at things and is just one aspect of flexible working,” explains Gary Cookson, director of Epic HR, highlighting that the UK already has the right to request...
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