Working location move

[Mac attack]

a few years ago I was offered a promotion to move from our Reading office to our London office which I accepted. After a few years there (and whilst I was on a career break) we then moved again to Canary Wharf. This increased my travel time from 1hrs 15mins each way to 2hrs each way. I have tried it for a year but it is too difficult and makes me so tired that it is affecting my homelife. Do I have any grounds to take action and force them to make me redundant and pay me off?

[bednobs]

check your contract. In my contract it says my place of employment is blah blah but i could be asked to work anywhere my boss deems it suitable

[Miss Zippy]

Is it possible for you to be set up to work from home a couple of days a week? Unfortunately, I don�t think you have any causes of action against your employer. Assuming that you were still under a contract of employment when you took your �career break�, then there are two possible scenarios: (1) your contract of employment contained a mobility clause (ie, stating that your employer can unilaterally require you to work in another location provided the request is reasonable). If this is the case, there is little you can do unless you can demonstrate that the additional time spent travelling is �unreasonable�. The problem is, because you have been travelling to Canary Wharf for nearly a year, it makes the �unreasonable� argument weak as, if it was unreasonable, you should have complained earlier. Secondly, although I agree that a two hour journey one way is tough (I used to do it every day), it is not unusual. (2) Even if your contract did not have a mobility clause, meaning that your employer would not have been permitted to vary your contract without your consent, you would have by now be deemed to have accepted your varied terms of employment as you have been working at the Canary Wharf office for nearly a year.