Flexible working

leereni

Tomtontom yes I am.

I work in a department with no specific requirements in terms of customer needs. It used to be in the past people would get flexible working without much fuss however for some reason this has changed of late. This is despite essentially the job has remained the same.

Takeaway_Addict

leereni wrote: »

But an employer can always come up with a reason, it just gives them work if they wish to refuse an application.

Thankfully so, yes. At the end of the day it is a business and if employers can be flexible then great but should they be forced into doing so? Not IMO.

lulu_92

I might consider asking in a few months time, I commute (yes by choice) 4 hours a day to do my job that can be done at home.

Yorkie1

Pricivius wrote: »

I don't know the more up to date figures but there were apparently 277 claims brought in 2010-11 because of flexible working requests. To try and put that in perspective, there were 190,000 claims brought in 2012. So yes, those figures suggest it is low.

And, given the huge drop in ET claims being brought since the introduction of fees to do so, bound to be far fewer now.