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Feb 2022
Harrogate council staff still working from home - despite change of guidance
Harrogate Borough Council is still encouraging staff to work from home despite covid guidance and restrictions being dropped.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an immediate end to work from home guidance on January 19.
The following week, the government dropped Plan B restrictions, including mandatory face masks and vaccine passports.
Despite the end to the guidance, council officials said the authority was still encouraging staff to work from home where possible due to high covid rates in the district.
Currently, the seven-day rate for the Harrogate district stands at 1,301 per 100,000 people.
A spokesperson for the council said:
The council has staff working across the district, predominantly at its multi-million pound Knapping Mount headquarters which has space for 500 staff.
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The Stray Ferret asked the council how many staff it had working from its offices and how many were working from home.
It said the number of staff “differs day-by-day” and not all roles required offices as a work space.
A spokesperson added that the council’s headquarters at Knapping Mount was also designed to allow for staff to hot desk if they wished.
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