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Tribunal cases to rise as UK firms push back on remote working, experts say
(www.theguardian.com)
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Many US banks, such as Goldman Sachs, also expect senior staff to come in for the full week, and its chief executive, David Solomon, labelled remote working an “aberration”.
Richard Fox, a partner at Keystone Law, said that while each tribunal claim would turn on its own facts, the FCA case was significant and closely watched.
The HR consultancy Hamilton Nash said it expected the number of employment tribunals involving remote working to rise this year.
In some cases, business leaders were advocating a return to the office based on their personal views rather than by looking at data or academic studies on working from home, she said.
A survey of chief executives by the accountancy firm KPMG published last October found that 63% of global leaders in the UK predicted a full return to in-office working by 2026.
Last year Lloyds Banking Group offered free food to help win over staff who were asked to come back into the office two days a week.
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