If an employer relocates its office location and requests its employees to work in another city, what can be expected from its employees?
According to employment law attorney Sophia Zandvoort, this depends greatly on the employment contract, the reasonableness of the proposal, and the employee’s personal circumstances. Extra travel time, costs, or informal care, for example, can be significant factors. One thing is clear: an employer cannot always unilaterally decide that an employee must work somewhere else from now on.
When should an employee go along with this, and when can they refuse a change? In this article, you can read about where the boundaries lie and what employees’ rights are.
