I had to execute a contract with a supplier in Mexico recently and they have a law (REPSE) that means you cannot engage a sub contractor when instead there’s a reasonable argument that you could employ them instead.

It’s to protect an empire being manipulated and not receive benefits. They really do look out for their employee rights which is great to see

But knowing us, we’ll just have stolen the lions from another country during our angry-little-man phase :)

Omg, I had no idea that the word “flamenco” means flamingo in Spanish. Idiot

Yes sorry, I meant City of London I. E. the finance/banking area. But even then it’s not strictly correct as alot of that industry are ou at Canary Wharf.

It is yes another silly situation the UK has got itself into!!!

Yes this was my thinking. And in fact the salary reflects where in our country the role is so you could argue that the cost of commuting is baked in. Certainly in London it’s called “London weighting” where extra money is added to your salary.

Still, the original Op seems to in Belgium/NL so good result for him/her

That’s a really interesting insight, thanks. We just get so used to the norm that we know.

5 day is brutal, my friend in the city (London’s finance sector) has this and it’s therefore more restrictive than it ever was before covid.

He has something like a day a month where he can elect in advance to WFH for specific reasons.

It creates scenarios where a friend in the US drives 40 minutes just to swipe his card/ go have breakfast and then heads home again

Which country are you in where you get to expense the commute to your designated office?

I’m in the UK and have never heard of this. Sure, if you’re a home worker but that’s not who RTO is targeted at. Or if you’re asked to travel to a non-designate site, client site etc