Ministers Reject Civil Servants’ Demand to Work from Overseas
- Union argues that working from overseas would enhance professional performance and personal life
Civil servants are demanding the right to carry out their jobs from overseas, but ministers are resisting this move to “work from the beach”.
The trade union representing senior Whitehall officials argues that developing policies and participating in meetings while in another country would enhance their professional performance and personal life.
At the FDA’s annual conference, delegates highlighted that many civil servants have strong connections to countries other than the UK, either through nationality, family, or personal ties, and that they may occasionally want to work while overseas.
A motion stated that many departments relaxed policy requirements for civil servants working with IT equipment in other countries during the Covid-19 pandemic and expressed regret that these rules have since been tightened.
FDA members voted for their leaders to collaborate with departments, agencies, and public bodies in order to assess how to enable and regulate overseas working across the civil service. The aim is to implement consistent and reasonable policies that strike a balance between increased flexibility and reasonable limits.
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