Research: The Growing Inequality of Who Gets to Work from Home::There is a large and growing divide in terms of who gets to work from home. Research on job postings found that remote work is far more common for higher paid roles, for roles that require more experience, for full-time work, and for roles that require more education. Managers should be aware of this divide, as it has the potential to create toxic dynamics within teams and to sap morale.
I get what you’re saying - from the article and your comment I couldn’t name the group of people that it discrimates against though.
Perhaps that’s a different legal blah blah but where I’m from you can only discrimate against a protected group of people (race, religion, disability, gender are the ones I am aware of).
Discrimination would be a tough sell - and a “you’re creating a divide” would likely be met with a “well discuss that with your supervisor, this is a decision based on individual and team circumstances” - which leads then to the issues described in the OP.
I would be delighted if someone could bring more efficient HR confronting arguments!
My best guess is people with disabilities, but I couldn’t really speculate on specifics.
ADHD, anything alleviated by advanced ergonomics that aren’t provided in the office, compromised immune systems… some might be a stretch though
How about the well-rested bonus you can bring to the workplace because you don’t have to commute. It’s one of the rare cases where it’s actually a good idea to argue with employee efficiency as giving them even 10% of the overall gains benefits them and they might even think you’re a brainless worker drone really doing it for the company.