There has been a number of requests from staff to work from home.    I am currently waiting for the final updated policy and guidelines from HR.    SLT have requested some changes but I am told it should be available by the end of the month.

Once the policy is available I will put a small team together to look at the principles for the Library.    This will be the opportunity for staff to feed in your ideas.    WFH needs to be in the best interests of UC, the Library and the staff member, and will be decided on a case-by-case basis.    The opportunities will not be equal as there are  positions in the Library that by their nature will allow few options for WFH.

In the meantime I have been talking to CONZUL about the options at other universities.   There is quite a continuum from encouraged at University of Auckland to no way at Otago who see their strength  as a campus based experience.

Ngā mihi, Anne