Work from home request letter

Use this to ask your manager to let you work from home for a few days or for a fixed period.

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To The Manager, [Company or Office Name], [City] Date: [Date] Subject: Request to work from home from [From Date] to [To Date] Dear Sir/Madam, I request permission to work from home from [From Date] to [To Date] because [Reason, for example a family member at home needs care after surgery]. I have a working laptop and a steady internet connection at home. I will be available on phone, email and chat during office hours, [Office Hours], and will join all meetings online. My tasks for this period are [Planned Work], and I will send a short update every evening. If the work needs me in the office on any day, I will come in. Thank you for considering this. Yours sincerely, [Your Name] [Your Designation] Employee ID: [Employee ID]

When to use this letter

Use this when a temporary situation makes working from home sensible: recovery from an illness or injury, a family member who needs care, travel disruption, repair work at home. If your company has a hybrid or remote work policy, read it first. Your request should fit inside it or explain why an exception is fair.

Before you send it

Answer the manager's real question in the letter: how will the work get done, and how will the team reach you?
Give an end date. An open-ended request is harder to approve.
Offer a daily or weekly update. It builds trust quickly.

How to send or submit it

Email your reporting manager and, where the policy requires, apply on the HR portal. Offer a quick call to agree the details: working hours, how you will be reached and how work will be reviewed.

Mistakes that get it sent back

No start date and end date.
Nothing about equipment, internet or the security of office data at home.
A role that needs physical presence, with no plan for those tasks.
Sent after you had already begun working from home.

This is a general format, written by us, to save you time. If the company has its own printed form, use that form. Last checked: 11 November 2026.

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