We have asked the employment team at Tughans LLP to provide practical answers to unusual, sensitive or complex work-related queries. We call this feature “How do I handle it?”

The articles are aimed at HR professionals and other managers who may need to deal, from time to time, with the less commonplace disputes at work; issues that may, if handled incorrectly, lead to claims of discrimination, constructive dismissal or some other serious difficulty.

This month’s problem concerns:

“We are finding it difficult to encourage employees back to working in the office following the pandemic. The majority of employees have adjusted, now preferring to work from home on a full-time basis. As a result we have received several flexible working requests.