Can anyone think of an argument I can use in this situation?

[RJ1974]

UK Employment Question - My employer of 15 years has had me working virtually full time abroad in a specific location for the last 4 years with a bit of a gap back in the UK a couple of years ago.

My work is consulting and my contract states that I should go wherever the company wants me to go. In the time I have been in this location I have made friends and created a life which I do not want to leave.

I want to try and negotiate a remote working position with my employer so I can stay on in this location. Obviously that is what it is and subject to me being able to make an agreement with them that benefits both parties financially and practically. Since we are an IT company then there are certainly things I can do for them which utilise my skill set where location is not a factor.

They are likely however to simply say that they want me to come back to the UK and then send me off on another project elsewhere because that is the easiest thing for them to do. If I meet with this kind of resistance, I would be interested in knowing if any of you have any ideas about the kind of arguments I could make that would convince them to think about it a bit more carefully. Especially if there is (and I realise this is unlikely) any legal standpoint from which I could encourage them to think about it.

Many thanks in advance.

RJ

 

[Proserpina]

Sorry, we only do US law here.

Try : http://community.findlaw.co.uk/ ,

 

[clueless1177]

Yes my argument is be thankful you have such an awesome job...and if that doesn't work see if a local will hire you so you can stay. I Dont know how it is there but in the us...its all about the needs of the employer

 

[cbg]

US and UK employment law is very, very different and in the UK, the employees have a lot more rights than employees in the US. But I don't know what all of them are. We really can't address the laws of any other country but the US here (and a few things about Canadian law that eerelations knows).

 

[Proserpina]

Yes my argument is be thankful you have such an awesome job...and if that doesn't work see if a local will hire you so you can stay. I Dont know how it is there but in the us...its all about the needs of the employer

Can someone please translate this into English for me?

Thanks so much.

 

[cbg]

I'd be happy to, sweetie.

Translation: I missed my last three remedial reading classes and I don't know beans about employment law in the US, let alone the UK, so I'm just talking to hear myself talk.

 

[RJ1974]

Thanks

Thanks everyone for your responses, apologies for the inappropriate posting and thanks for the link.