bignose<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@johnquiggin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnquiggin</span></a></span> </p><p>Also: It's typically *more expensive to the worker* to maintain their <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/RemoteWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RemoteWorking</span></a> space.</p><p>They pay rent / mortgage on a space used primarily to benefit their employer. They have to pay for internet service during hours primarily to benefit their employer. They have to cater, to clean, to maintain the space, etc. at their own expense. All of this the worker is providing.</p><p>I argue there should be <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WorkerCompensation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerCompensation</span></a> *for working remotely*, in a lot of cases.</p><p>That employers balk at this expenses-based idea, shows that they care less about operating cost for remote work, and much more about control and <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> over the worker.</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WFH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WFH</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WorkerRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerRights</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WorkingConditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingConditions</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/WorkerSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkerSafety</span></a></p>