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Northants Reform council wants staff in office two days a week
A Reform UK council has said it will refurbish several of its buildings so most of the authority's staff can work in an office at least two days a Northamptonshire Council said a "new hybrid working model" for employees is set to be offices in Haylock House in Kettering would undergo a major refurbishment and other buildings would be worked on as part of the leader Martin Griffiths said the authority would still use hybrid working but "also building team culture through staff working together in offices".
The authority said it would "transform workspaces... to bring teams together and support the development of its 'One Council' culture across the organisation".It said work to improve the council's Bowling Green Road, Kettering and Corby Cube offices would take place in the requirement for staff to be in the office at least two days a week would be "averaged over a period of time"."Due to space constraints, it will not be possible for all staff to be in the office at the same time," it Griffiths, who become leader after Reform UK took control after the May elections, said there has been "positive conversations... about the introduction of a more formal hybrid working model".Previously the council, under the Conservatives, said there should be "a mixture of home working, where appropriate, with time spent at office locations" without a target of how many days staff should be in the previous administration also said it would look at other uses for Haylock House which will now be refurbished.
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