Newcastle’s durhamlane has introduced a new policy allowing its staff to work from anywhere around the world for up to 2 months a year.
The international working benefit has come about after it found that a “significant percentage” of its young employees wanted to travel, alongside working, especially when they had family overseas.
“When we considered the diversity of our workforce (which is made up of at least 18% ethnic groups), and the fact that we sponsor migrant workers via the skilled worker route, we started to think about where some of our employees call home. This led us to looking at the ability to work internationally,” said Sinead Hall, Chief People Officer at durhamlane.
“Together with the fact that a lot of our clients have head offices all over the globe, this brought us to the conclusion that it was important to give our employees more freedom to choose their location of work, whether remotely in the UK or abroad.
“We believe the International Working Benefit does this, meeting our objectives of attracting and growing our people, not only through nurturing and empowering existing employees, but also making the company an attractive prospect to join.”
Its 97 staff are based around the UK, but 25% of its clients are in Europe, North America and APAC.
