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Just because you can theoretically perform your job from the location of your choice doesn't mean you have a right to restitution for doing it somewhere else.

Your employer has a right to set their terms of employment and you have a right to tell them to pound sand if you don't want to abide by them.

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A massive power imbalance to be sure. I have a right to my time, and an employer located in a place with zero affordable housing closer than an hour or two away should definitely be responsible for providing restitution for that time. An employer doesn't have the right to my time, but they currently have the power to force me to accept terms via the "wouldn't it suck if you and your family lived on the street" tactics.

It doesn't work that way as employment terms are based on industry norms and expectations. That makes the relation asymmetrical and your personal leverage is about zero.

Three years ago, if you'd skip over any employer not offering fully remote, you'd simply not find a job. So your "right" has no meaning.

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