more the latter!
with hybrid and flexible working, we're happy with staff working from where they would like as long as it's communicated with their line managers. then anything more long term needs to be spoken to our People team about first, as may affect their contract (i.e. moving out of London permanently may mean a salary change due to salary weighting). i question here is the legal aspects of working from different countries, and where liability lands (insurance, duty of care, local employment laws)