Flexible working justification

Paypeanuts

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

No, no it wouldn't. They say no then you would have to go to a tribunal to see if the decision is correct. Are you going to spend up to £1200 to see if their decision is correct with either way not going to get you this £1200 back?

And I'm sure the company if they wished could come up with a valid enough reason if pushed.

The odd day here or there doesn't mean that twice a week would be accepted.

Spot on. Plus rock the boat and you could possibly find you are no longer allowed to work from home at all.

Definitely sound out the landscape first before putting an official request in!

jjblue

Hi,


For the OP, it may be that your boss is trying to help you. Could he be wanting you to make your case as strong as possible? As you have mentioned in your posts, there is already flexible working, and you have undertaken some yourself. Is this more a case of why YOU should be allowed flexible working?

Yorkie1

Takeaway_Addict wrote: »

At least mine technically reads correct.

correctly

cazziebo wrote: »

To be fair, the reason other employees might seek flexible working is not the responsibility of the OP. The new law extends the right to request to all employees, not just those with caring responsibilities.

If I recall rightly, one of the secondary reasons for extending the law to other people was, like the extension of paternity leave, in order to 'normalise' the arrangements which had previously only applied to certain sectors of employees - and then been used against them e.g. employers who previously said they wouldn't employ women because they have maternity leave and flexible working (I know you can't transfer the birth bit :rotfl: but the argument goes that they might not be off as long afterwards if the leave can be shared).

Separately, there are frequent threads on here from people who are non-parents / carers, who have to take second best to parents at holiday times. Someone who already gets their first choice at holiday time shouldn't feel hard done by the right of someone else to apply for something is their statutory right, and saying that they are selfish to even consider it because it stops a parent potentially getting it is a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.

I-W

My request got turned down as expected. I didn't mind this as much as they way it was done. The government website says there should be a formal meeting to discuss the request and other possible alternatives and that the company should not ask the reason for the request. What actually happen was that the "meeting" took place at my desk (open plan office) so I wasn't that comfortable discussing the issue and it was turned around by my manager to put the pressure on me to justify why I need the flexibility rather than them giving me the business justification of why it isn't possible.


Yes I could complain but I know I'll still end up with the same answer and people even more annoyed with me.


Still guess it works both ways I've already done loads of overtime for them, but inclined to say no next few times they ask (enjoy my weekends instead).

SeduLOUs

getmore4less wrote: »

are any 4 days are fine eg Mon,Tue,Thur,Fri.

Also you do realise you will only get 4/5 of the holiday allowance.

For a 28day allowance where you normaly get 8 bh allocated and 20 free days.

in 2014 with a wed off schedule that would be 22.4 days with 7 allocated 15.4 free

It makes no difference, you still get the same amount of time off.

28 days on a 5 day week is 5.6 weeks. 22.4 days on a 4 day week is still 5.6 weeks...