Change of Contractual Place of Work Request Form

CISI offers employees, who would normally be based in the London office, the option to change their place of work to their designated home address if:

  • Their manager has agreed their role can be undertaken part-time outside the London office
  • They have passed their probation period
  • They have passed their health and safety assessment
  • They will be submitting claims for their travel journeys to the London office and wish to change their designated home address

Please note, you will still be expected to attend the London office as required by the Institute, even if you change your place of work.

Employees who decide to change their place of work may be eligible for tax free reimbursement of their travel expenses, if they attend the office in line with the following HMRC rules:

If the employee comes in for meetings, training, activities they can only do in the office, ad hoc reasons, that are not normal contractual / substantive duties - for less than 40% of their contractual days and the London office is not their contractual place of work then travel can be reimbursed tax free.

If you do change your contractual place of work you will need to put in place a system to track the percentage of time you work in the office (or other locations) and the reasons why, as it is your responsibility to be compliant with HMRC requirements. It must be less than 40% of your contractual days in a 12 month period to be eligible.

For full details on the travel policy and the current tax implications please read the policy on the intranet. We are unable to provide individual tax advice.

If you wish to change your contractual place of work to your designated home address, please complete the below form. Please note that your contractual place of will not officially change until you have signed and returned your amendment to contract letter.

I acknowledge that it is an employee’s personal responsibility to make sure they have a system in place to monitor the number of days they attend the London office and why. The "less than 40%" attendance rule is effectively an “all or nothing” consideration. If an employee breaches it for instance by 1 day, travel costs for the entire tax year become liable to tax and NIC at the end of the year

I acknowledge that I will still be contractually obligated to attend the London Office whenever there is a legitimate business need, regardless of my contractual place of work or whether I may surpass 40% attendance.

I acknowledge that if there is a tax liability, I will pay tax and NIC on the total amount that has been reimbursed during the year. The total value of amount reimbursed in the year will be added to the March payroll and the employee will pay tax and NIC on the total amount that has been reimbursed during the year.

I acknowledge that only expensed tickets are potentially eligible for tax free reimbursement. Any travel allowance I receive with my salary will always be subject to tax and NIC regardless of my contractual place of work.

I have completed my H&S Workstation check and Facilities have confirmed I have passed / or I have received confirmation that it has been approved