For June 2021, we have asked the employment team at Tughans 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 common place disputes at work; issues that may, if handled incorrectly, lead to claims of discrimination or constructive dismissal or some other serious difficulty.

I’m the HR Director at a large software company. Our Chief Operations Officer wants to implement a flexible remote working policy so employees can choose to work some or all of their hours in the office or at home. He has asked me