Submitting your written request

4.1          You can apply to us in writing, by email or letter to make this request.  Your request must set out:

a)       why you believe your job is suitable for homeworking

b)      how you meet our homeworking criteria at Part III, paragraph 3 above

c)       whether your request is for temporary or a fixed period of homeworking, or a permanent homeworking arrangement

d)      whether you want your homeworking arrangements to be part-time, (so that you still spend some of your contracted working hours on our premises) or full-time. If part-time, please specify which days you propose working from home

e)      when you would like the homeworking arrangements to start (and end, if relevant)

f)        whether you’re proposing any changes to your normal working hours as a consequence of this request and if so, what you wish those hours to be

g)       how you intend to maintain appropriate levels of contact with your colleagues and those to whom you report while you are homeworking, so that for example, [name of business] is easily able to monitor your performance, standards of work and general conduct

h)       how you plan to ensure document and data security while homeworking and what you intend your homeworking set-up to be; for example, will you be working from a home office, do you have lockable areas, equipment, storage facilities, etc

i)        Whether you will be able to attend the office at short notice, for example, to cover colleague absences or to assist with client deadlines or work emergencies

j)        That you understand you will still be required to attend our offices for training and other core business purposes