AIBU to do the same work from home?

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My job requires alot of portable admin - a bit like a teacher but not a teacher. I work independently and manage my own time. No one else's job is harder if I am not physically in the office. Most of the time, I work from the office or am visiting clients (think social worker scenario). Snow is causing choas and I have brought home a box of work (more than I would have done in the office).Have done this before with no problems from my Line Manager.
This time, MD says no, can't work from home. So now I am expected to go to the office. It is 12 miles away via a motorway. My car would take an hour to dig out. There are limited bus services so I would have to walk alot of the way, I assume with the paperwork I have brought home.
Reason we can't work from home is that our work is not conducive to homeworking. It so is. I get more done at home than in work as no one is chewing my ear off about x,y, or z.
I have to go to work or take unpaid leave. I have no holidays available.
AIBU to expect to be able to work from home in extreme weather?

happy - that is my attitude BECAUSE of this issue, they won't bend so why the hell should I? My dcs are not here it is too dangerous for their father to bring them home. They have been gone for three days now.

I think thats a little unfair on the OP - it's accepted that people don't have the right to work from home, its at the discretion of the employer, but isnt the issue here the employer should be using that power and thinking of ways it might be to his advantage?

scenario 1
you let someone work from home as a 1 off. They're lazy, and do only a small percentage of their usual days work.

You learn from it and don't let that person work from home again. its discretionary, just because you've agreed to it once doesnt mean you're then obliged forevermore.

so worst case an employee has 1 unproductive day at home, minimal cost.

scenario 2
you let someone work from home as a 1 off. they're really grateful and - as they have no commute, distractions etc - end up having a very productive day, probably doing more than they normally would.

So you then have someone who has actually saved you money, and who you have on side as well.

The alternative to both is you take a dog in the manger approach, no-one ever works from home and everyone is pissed off and unmotivated.

Why don't you take unpaid leave but do the work anyway then you won't have to catch up. Make sure the boss finds this out and tell him that if you didn't do it you would have been snowed under (ha ha) and as you had everything you needed at home it seemed silly not to do it.

I'm sure you won't be disciplined for that, and you will have proved your point.

Why should she do work when she's not being paid to do it? Let her boss wait for it, as he's being pretty unreasonable.

Might be worth it to make the boss look a unreasonable fool.

Doubt the boss would see it that way - the boss sounds like he would just take it as read that she should be doing something constructive with her time, and rub his hands that he has got away with not having to pay her for doing it!

OP - it is unreasonable of your boss but there is nothing you can realistically do about it, now he has handed down his diktat. So yes, I think in your position I would work to rule as well.

Enjoy your enforced break - perhaps use it to look for alternative employment?

hatesponge but he isn't exercising his brain in that way.

he's the employer, she's the employee. It's his decision.