Council Workers and Councils Taking the Piss: Not Just Working from Home, but Working From a Different Country

In this report, it's revealed that Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole Council have granted permission for council workers to work not just from home, but from another country entirely.

You might think fair play, if I was working at a desk, I could o that work anywhere in the world. 

But, there are many issues that I'd like to present to you.

The main one is that being out of the office, the worker cannot be monitored, you can't see whether they are working, sunbathing, have a mouse mover plugged into their PC or just generally taking the piss.

Now most people might be more trusting and let them work at home. Fine, at least they can be called into the office to work occasionally. However, working abroad, there's very little option for them to be called into the office. And if they are, who pays the transport bill? Yeah, I bet the worker will have some clause that makes the council pay at least some of the bill. Or I bet they get to claim it on expenses.

Then there's the moral issue. Council workers are taking advantage of cheaper living costs, including council tax by living in a different country. Therefore they are not affected by the very rules and costs they impose on the rest of us. Is that morally right?

Council tax goes up? Not their problem, they're taking advantage of a different regime in Sunny Spain. 

Even more fantastical, in the report above, it appears social care workers are working from abroad. Hang on, how does that work?

This madness has to stop. This is taking the piss with the public purse.