Fighting for flexibility | 'Like Grindr staff, I lost my job after asking to work remotely'

It’s been more than two years since the UK’s final COVID lockdown ended. As the world tentatively began to ponder a return to pre-pandemic life, naturally lots of attention in the world of work turned to the future of remote and hybrid working.

Many employers have continued to embrace the hybrid and remote models to this day - taking advantage of a more geographically diverse talent pool, higher levels of employee wellbeing and lower rent costs.

But in recent months, many major firms have been ushering staff back into offices, and often with the threat of dismissal if they refuse or are unable to do so.

Meta, Zoom, IBM, Apple et all have all imposed new rules which demand employees to be in face-to-face work for the majority of their week.