Is it acceptable to work from home from somewhere else?

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My parents live in the far north of Scotland. There is no point going up there for a night or two. My new work have a policy of minimum 3 days in the office, but preferably 5. I want to fly up to Scotland on the Thursday night, work all day Friday, have the weekend, then work all day Monday before flying back down to London. Do you think I would be in trouble for doing this?

If I was the manager this would be fine as a one off - not every week but as an exception fine, as long as the work got done.

I wfh yesterday from my parents Lake house about 3h from my office and last month I spent a week working from grandma's 5h away. I just don't tell anyone. I know some colleagues that have worked not from home. I haven't asked my manager and I work under the assumption it is allowed until it is not. My manager likes to pretend to be pro-everything but in reality she just wants bums in seats and doesn't actually like her employees having any freedom. So I'd rather apologise than ask for permission. Been doing this for 3 years and thus far nobody has said anything. Been doing this only domestically.

It would be absolutely acceptable for my employer. As long as you’re fully present in any teams meetings, your workload gets covered and deadlines not missed, they are fairly flexible with when you work too.

My employer used to allow overseas wfh, even pre-pandemic. However, tax implications brought it to a swift end. Some countries require you to pay local rad from day 1 of working there - no 30 day grace period as some posts suggest. Norway, Denmark are 2 which gave us issues.

That won’t be the case for a long weekend in Scotland of course, but always worth running it by your manager.

If I was the manager this would be fine as a one off or occasional thing but I would want to know. We normally expect staff WFH to be available to come in to the office if asked ( eg to cover sickness). You would also need to ensure you had a private space to work at your parents house if you were working with confidential data.

Check with HR for WFH policy. If there is no policy speak to your manager.

My work doesn’t care where you work from within the UK but you mustn’t use public wi-fi (for security reasons). We are also allowed to work from abroad for up to 90 days a year (not from all countries due to cyber or physical safety issues). I did that last year - went abroad to see family for 4 weeks combing work with leave.

Surely if you are getting the work done thats OK? I would just say to the boss and know they are all right with it .Then enjoy seeing your folks!

For within the same country I wouldn't even ask. I go to friends or family sometimes and work there.

We can but I am always straight up and honest if working from somewhere else.

This is allowed under our hybrid work policy, as long as you have adequate internet and if you get there and find you don't you're obliged to take annual leave

@marcopront

Read it again.

I said as long as I was doing x and y, it's fine. Not OP. An example.