Anyone have experience with coming off of long term orders, moving to a different location, and going back to the same employer?
I'm currently mobilised and will be coming off orders late next year. I'd be ok with going back to my old position if it's available, but I am moving to a new location for quality of life reasons. In reality, it shouldn't be a big deal to telework given there are others on the team that are permanent telework and that's essentially what we had been doing in the COVID area before I got called up.
Alternatively, the company I work at does have openings in my new intended home that are in my scope of skills and experience and at the appropriate position level. The wild card here is it's in a different country.
I'm thinking the best way to approach this is to give my direct manager first rights of refusal to telework for my old role, and if he says it's a bridge too far then going the more formal route with company HR.
For additional context, I found some case law on this.
I'm currently mobilised and will be coming off orders late next year. I'd be ok with going back to my old position if it's available, but I am moving to a new location for quality of life reasons. In reality, it shouldn't be a big deal to telework given there are others on the team that are permanent telework and that's essentially what we had been doing in the COVID area before I got called up.
Alternatively, the company I work at does have openings in my new intended home that are in my scope of skills and experience and at the appropriate position level. The wild card here is it's in a different country.
I'm thinking the best way to approach this is to give my direct manager first rights of refusal to telework for my old role, and if he says it's a bridge too far then going the more formal route with company HR.
For additional context, I found some case law on this.
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