TSB employs around 5,000 staff and has not previously operated a formal minimum office attendance requirement. “After all, as the bank buying TSB, Santander was never going to change its policies to match TSB’s, which is going to be a recurring theme as the months go on.” The TBU also argued that many employees had reorganised their lives after the bank previously introduced a two-day office attendance pattern. Employees may also have claims under discrimination legislation where office attendance requirements place disabled workers at a particular disadvantage and reasonable adjustments have not been considered. “As such, we are currently operating our standard policy at TSB across teams – ahead of implementation in April 2027.