The Worklife Company: "I'm sad to go but its easier in Dubai"

[BlasterBates]

Are you talking about Swiss working in Germany? For Germans working in Switzerland, this is not the case. In my client office there are plenty of employees living in Germany, who work in the Swiss office, and work from home when they want to, without any problems.

Well I don't know the particular circumstances, but the company I work for forbids it.I'm sure dône on the occasional basis it is probably legal, but not if you're doing a few days week regularly.

There are definitely tax issues, I know as I do this all the time, and I've taken advice, and yes a lot of people break the rules often unwittingly. Some, also large, companies get into problems doing this kind of thing. Quite a few years ago there was a big hoo-ha for Logica as their employees were coming over to germany and overstaying their welcome. Anyway if these employees are working at home it would be difficult for the tax authorities to find out.

Isn't to be taken lightly as you can be hit very hard with tax and VAT demands if the tax authorities come down on you. The trouble there is often a sheep phenomena, everyone does it so it seems to be fine and then POW, the sh*t hits the fan.

[NotAllThere]

Ah well, they are employees, so I don't know the details of their arrangements.

[smalldog]

That is the problem - accommodation.

You would be lucky getting any form of council accommodation in London and lots of places. They simply don't exist or what does exist one bed/studio flats will not be given to people with children.

And it's very hard to downsize on a privately rented place with kids. What landlord would allow a family to move in if they knew they were going to be overcrowded?

And selling houses takes months.

I agree hence why my family couldnt afford to live or get council accommodation in London....there seems to be an attitude now that never used to exist. People seem to insist that they want to live in a certain place therefore the government et al should provide them housing there. Its needs must, we had to live in a grotty new town outside London when I grew up as everyone was shipped out of London for exactly those reasons, accommodation was getting scarcer. You were told where you were going and that was that....I dont get whats changed so dramatically, people seem spoilt and not willing to compromise or even work for a living...Im all for a safety net but when its stretched to the point of breaking as we obviously have at the moment then something has to give, not only do people maybe have to pay more taxes but other people should be taking more social responsbility to contribute to society, maybe do jobs they dont want too and fund their own livelihood. I dont agree in just putting up taxes, there also needs to be a mindset change in some social circles. Think that could be easily encouraged, "you need to work for your benefits" that might just encourage people to look for their own work!!

I would quite like a nice council house in Bermuda....