“Work From Home!” This concept can be said to be a
product of the COVID-19 Pandemic although a handful of businesses
were already operating remotely prior to the Pandemic, owing to the
nature of their operations or probably due to the location of their
head-offices situate outside of the country. The idea of working at
home, although difficult to imagine in 2019, was gracefully
welcomed by employers and workers in around the beginning of 2020.
No doubt, it is a feasible initiative but its regulation and
management remain complex.
An employment agreement is the basis of the relationship of an
employer and a worker. There are further agreed policies which
spread over the operation and management of a business. It is often
misunderstood that the terms of an employment contract or the
policies in place are the sole elements that are to be considered
binding between an employer and a worker who is in continuous
employment. In fact, all those policies and the terms of