flexible working hours

scotty1971

a woman must take at least two weeks maternity leave from the birth of her child,she can return to work after that if she wants

surreysaver

scotty1971 wrote: »

a woman must take at least two weeks maternity leave from the birth of her child,she can return to work after that if she wants

Yes, I know, but she cannot return to work and leave the father at home. Women want all the rights in the workplace, but do not want to give men any rights at home!

scotty1971

i think i see a can of worms being opened here!

surreysaver

Or rather, I should say it's the women in Government. A lot of women, especially younger ones these days, earn more than their partners. and are better qualified, so surely it would make sense if they could leave the man at home and go to work! But no, the Government doesn't want equality.

SandC

surreysaver wrote: »

Oh no it doesn't. It only applies to those with children under 6, or with disabled children under 18. And the Government loves to discriminate - that's why women have to take a year off after having a baby and a man has to go back to work, even if the woman earns more money than the man.

Well yes but:
Anyone can ask their employer for flexible work arrangements, but the law provides some employees with the statutory right to request a flexible working pattern.
If you are an employee (but not an agency worker or in the armed forces) and you have worked for your employer for 26 weeks continuously before applying, you have the statutory right to ask if you:

• have a child under six or a disabled child under 18 who receives Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
• are responsible for the child as a parent/guardian/special guardian/foster parent/private foster carer or as the holder of a residence order
• are the spouse, partner or civil partner of one of these and are applying to care for the child
• are a carer who cares, or expects to be caring, for an adult who is a spouse, partner, civil partner or relative; or who although not related to you, lives at the same address as you

Under the law your employer must seriously consider any application you make, and only reject it if there are good business reasons for doing so. You have the right to ask for flexible working - not the right to have it.
Employees who do not have the legal right to request flexible working are, of course, free to ask their employer if they can work flexibly. Many employers are willing to consider such requests.

Anyone can ask for it as I said but the employer doesn't have to give any particular reason if you are not a carer as to whether you can't. Point is, you can ask but you don't necessarily get.

surreysaver

SandC wrote: »

Well yes but:
Anyone can ask their employer for flexible work arrangements,

Anybody can ask for anything, but we are talking about who has rights.

sweetp0707

i'm a manager of a residential home and if your brother in law was my employee I would say no to the request. It is very difficult to ensure that a home is covered 24 hours a day. Once one person has set days off it makes it even more difficult, because you have to do the rota around that person. I completely understand that the other staff are happy with the situation but if they leave, have long term sick, on training or even if they are on holiday suddenly everything changes. It would make no difference to me that he is a man, its just set days off. I have worked in my current place for 4 years and it took the first 3 years to get a particular member of staff who always had a particular shift pattern to change. It had been agreed 5 years previously when it had worked well, now it doesnt. sorry I know this is not what your brother in law wanted to hear. i suggest that a system where he request to have the time off on a month by month, that way it is a request and if it does not suit it can be changed.

scotty1971

that would kinda like me saying if i was a manager of a care home,"i better not employ women between the ages of 18-35,incase they get pregnant,cause that would make an impact on the rota,maternity appointments,up to a year of on maternity leave,would they want flexi time when they came back" and as you said you have to ensure the home is covered for 24hrs

feelinggood_2

scotty1971 wrote: »

that would kinda like me saying if i was a manager of a care home,"i better not employ women between the ages of 18-35,incase they get pregnant,cause that would make an impact on the rota,maternity appointments,up to a year of on maternity leave,would they want flexi time when they came back" and as you said you have to ensure the home is covered for 24hrs

Those are all temporary, short-term things, which can be worked around easier. If one person has set hours/days, everyone has to work around them. While this might work now, if things change, it might not be possible. My understanding of rotas was they are designed to be flexible - adding something fixed just makes it more difficult.

scotty1971

feelinggood wrote: »

Those are all temporary, short-term things, which can be worked around easier. If one person has set hours/days, everyone has to work around them. While this might work now, if things change, it might not be possible. My understanding of rotas was they are designed to be flexible - adding something fixed just makes it more difficult.

alot women who come back to work ask for flexi time,or fixed time,so that's not entrely a temporary situation,and are usually granted this