A netizen shared how his friend is working for a company with a toxic boss who refuses to let any of his employees work from home, and is asking for advice.
Here is the story
Asking for a friend, has anyone (successfully) reported or knows someone who has reported their company for failing to abide with the WFH regulations?
Brief background:
His company has about 10 employees. Small-ish (SME) company, bosses are old and very traditional (read: toxic). However, despite the government setting WFH requirements at 50%, his bosses have refused to let any of his/her employees work from home, even though the nature of their job is such that it is possible to do their jobs entirely remotely/from home. My friend has two elderly parents who he doesn’t really want exposed to COVID, and largely stays at home because he doesn’t want to run into the risk of passing on the virus (~20k cases yesterday).
Hence, he really wants to WFH (also because its wayyyy more convenient), and was wondering if there’s a way to force his company’s hand into allowing their employees to work from home.
As mentioned above, anyone know of a way to do so? Also, what/who are the “proper” channels to report to? And are there any potential ramifications for reporting to MOM, etc. if he eventually does so?
Thanks for everyone’s help in advance!
Netizens’ comments
- Your friend’s best bet is to look for another job. Likely the boss won’t play nice with the employees after getting snitched.
Coming from personal experience.
- Look for another job asap then snitch.
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