If you would rather commute than work, sure. I don’t like driving that much though.

I suppose employers would need to be allowed to ask your living location and decide to hire you based on the length of your commute.

What does that mean when you move after employment has started? At least in this jurisdiction (and I imagine most others), being able to move is considered a human right, and employers cannot violate human rights.

I have certainly worked with more than one person at my workplace who started when they lived locally, but eventually moved to the big city over an hour away, while retaining their employment with the business even after settling into their new home. Them suddenly working 2+ fewer hours each day would be a significant change to their employment.

If the time is set in stone at the time of first hire, then I guess you're incentivized to move as far away as possible that still allows you to be hired, and then on your second day move in next door?

I guess you're negotiating it once when signing the contract and if you move closer/farther that's your business. Or re-negotiate.

I think you're missing the point. The solution in that case is to let them work remotely.

The employer claims the work can't be done at home – that is why they are calling the workers into the office.

So now you need a tribunal to verify the claims, and what do they go on? With respect to a parallel thread, do the people with the right machining equipment in their garage get to do their manufacturing job at home?

Or is the law only carved out for web developers specifically?