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GreyGhost said:
I think that's the bigger fear. Many employees feel the same way. Businesses realize the window is closing. The longer this goes on, the more attrition if they force a return. Also, if you hire people during wfh and then want to convert them to office work, unless you were really careful with your contract, the business is f'd and the employee has them over a barrel.
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Company would have to be run by morons to get itself into that position.
 
GreyGhost said:
While I'm not a fan of it, it seems to be supported by law (assuming you were hired under the old regime). You signed up to show up daily at location x. Removing the need to go to location x daily was a benefit to you. The employer can choose to alter compensation so they share in the benefit. I don't know if anyone has pushed it yet or if they were just theoretical discussions though.
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Common law allows employers to have small movements on salary and/or job description.
Each situation is different.. and the lock downs mean some frustration in contracts. How much will be determined by the courts in the near future.
 
Wife is having a meeting now. This is fairly typical. She still goes into the office every day.
 
crankcall said:
We saw it both ways , i now need the guys showing up at least twice a week , there is a dynamic lost on zoom meetings and an energy level when everyone is in the sales pit .
Walking your teenage kids to school and back and taking the dog out at noon, and shooting skeet every Wednesday ( oh wait that’s me) needs to be on the back burner .
My industry has been buoyed by record profits and market conditions, but it never lasts . Time to refocus , it’s been fun for two yrs .


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Have real salaries come back to your sales guys?

I recall you stating they went from 70k/year to 70k/month or something very profitable.

Time to pay back the toys, cottages and trucks!
 
GreyGhost said:
Many people feel that the only way to manage is to be constantly breathing down peoples necks.
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Instead of browsing RFD (and now GTAM) at the office, I just do it at home. Breathing down my neck? I can Alt+Tab like it's nobody's business.

I had the questionable good fortune of landing a management role right at the beginning of the pandemic. Productivity did not seem to tank and my staff was just generally less ****** off in the morning. I'll take it! Being an IT role, I had all the tools to gather all the metrics I could drown in. End of the day, if the customers are happy and were signing new ones one, go off and mow the lawn (whichever) for all I care.

Switched roles and at a new company, since January, and I'm legitimately concerned about the work from home gravy train coming to an end. Planned to buy a house, or try to, at year end, and going back to the office would throw a wrench in that. Manager seems to be on the same page as the team though, some luck there. The argument is simple, go back and risk losing talent, there have already been folks retiring en masse.
 
My buddy works for one of the big 4 auditing firms and said that they can’t ask people to come back. Every time there’s even a whiff of that notion they lose % staff to the competitor.

Eventually it’ll come back as some portion of the week….but full 100% return to work will be rare.

Can’t inspect or oversight construction from home unfortunately.

One of my previous employers was about to offer me a good package but when I heard they’d mandating full time return, and have a very high rate of people quitting I ended up not taking it. Among other reasons.

Everyone we’ve interviewed recently it’s the first or second question: what’s your WFH policy?
 
danp said:
If you worked from home in 2021 don't forget to fill out form T777 when you do your taxes, you can claim $500.
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That's a quick and dirty claim the feds want you to take if you WFH. Most employees will qualify to do the detailed calc which is a much better deal for employees.

If you ask your employer for a signed T2200S/T2200 form you can deduct all your employment expenses, meaning everything you paid for to perform your job. This includes the representative portion of your costs based on the % of your home used for your WFH office:
  • electricity/heat/water
  • maintenance and minor repair costs
  • condo fees
  • rent paid for a house or apartment where you live
100% deduction of the following costs as long as they are reasonable:
  • Cell and/or landline telephone service fees
  • home internet access fees
  • paper, toner/ink, pens, and other office supplies
In my case my office is 10% of my house and the representative portion of those expenses is about $400, my cell bill is $720/year, Internet $600/year. My employer paid for office supplies. So instead of the $2/day simple deduction, I claim approx $1720/year.

You need to keep records and you need a T2200 from your employer stating you had to WFH.
 
Mad Mike said:
That's a quick and dirty claim the feds want you to take if you WFH. Most employees will qualify to do the detailed calc which is a much better deal for employees.

If you ask your employer for a signed T2200S/T2200 form you can deduct all your employment expenses, meaning everything you paid for to perform your job. This includes the representative portion of your costs based on the % of your home used for your WFH office:
  • electricity/heat/water
  • maintenance and minor repair costs
  • condo fees
  • rent paid for a house or apartment where you live
100% deduction of the following costs as long as they are reasonable:
  • Cell and/or landline telephone service fees
  • home internet access fees
  • paper, toner/ink, pens, and other office supplies
In my case my office is 10% of my house and the representative portion of those expenses is about $400, my cell bill is $720/year, Internet $600/year. My employer paid for office supplies. So instead of the $2/day simple deduction, I claim approx $1720/year.

You need to keep records and you need a T2200 from your employer stating you had to WFH.
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The complicating part of T2200 is the need to regularly meet clients in the declared workspace. I've never heard of that being enforced but it would be an easy way for the government to kick many people in the nuts.
 
T2200 method is the best for me since I am renting.

Yes I meet clients regularly over the phone or remotely
 
Georg3__ said:
T2200 method is the best for me since I am renting.

Yes I meet clients regularly over the phone or remotely
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It looks like I have been incorrect in my interpretation, it looks like it is an or not an and.

"Second, the use of the workspace must meet one of two conditions:

the workspace is where the employee “principally” (more than 50 per cent of the time) performs the duties of their office or employment


the employee uses the workspace exclusively for earning employment income and for regularly and continuously meeting customers or clients while doing their work"
 
Mad Mike said:
That's a quick and dirty claim the feds want you to take if you WFH. Most employees will qualify to do the detailed calc which is a much better deal for employees.

If you ask your employer for a signed T2200S/T2200 form you can deduct all your employment expenses, meaning everything you paid for to perform your job. This includes the representative portion of your costs based on the % of your home used for your WFH office:
  • electricity/heat/water
  • maintenance and minor repair costs
  • condo fees
  • rent paid for a house or apartment where you live
100% deduction of the following costs as long as they are reasonable:
  • Cell and/or landline telephone service fees
  • home internet access fees
  • paper, toner/ink, pens, and other office supplies
In my case my office is 10% of my house and the representative portion of those expenses is about $400, my cell bill is $720/year, Internet $600/year. My employer paid for office supplies. So instead of the $2/day simple deduction, I claim approx $1720/year.

You need to keep records and you need a T2200 from your employer stating you had to WFH.
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Hmmm interesting. I was just going to do the simple $2/day as I had some days in the office last year...but need to confirm.

Might be better to go the other route then. Will have to check if my employer can supply that.
 
GreyGhost said:
The complicating part of T2200 is the need to regularly meet clients in the declared workspace. I've never heard of that being enforced but it would be an easy way for the government to kick many people in the nuts.
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That test is for self-employed that have a regular offsite work premise, and are trying to claim a home office. For instance, a restaurant owner might keep a home office where he works on things like recruiting, meeting suppliers, service providers, event planners etc.

For folks asked to WFH, the only test is whether you're employer actually made you work from home and that's satisfied by the issuance of a T2200.

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jc100 said:
I’m going to claim for my butler for WFH.
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You can claim a butler, but remember he has to claim the massage oil and hand creme on his tax return.
 
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