Ms Patricia King:

That is the value of having a good, solid remote working policy, in which those exigencies would be covered, in the very same way as job sharing, career breaks, part-time working or all the other issues. There is mention of the development of a remote working policy in the legislation. Those policies will be much better and more likely to be adhered to if they have been agreed between the employer and the employee group. Dealing with these issues is the purpose of producing that type of policy because the policy will be intended to meet the needs of the business and the workers in it. Those exigencies will occur, where, unfortunately, workers will become sick and there will be a requirement for cover. All of that can be included in the procedure and dealt with on that basis. It is not unusual and it can be dealt with.