Some employees with caring responsibilities do have the right to request to work flexibly. Parents of children under 16, and employees with adult dependants are able to make flexible working requests.
There is no right to flexible working, the right is only to request flexible working. You could request a change to the hours you work, a change to the times you work or to work from home. Before you make your request, consider the impact of your request on colleagues and other employees and on your employer’s business. A flexible working request that shows that you have thought about the impact is more likely to succeed.
Your employer has to follow the Flexible Working Request procedure. Your employer should arrange a meeting to discuss your request and you are entitled to bring another employee to the meeting.
Within two weeks of the meeting, your employer has to write to you to either agree a new work pattern and give a start date or provide reasons for not granting the request.
If the flexible working request has not been granted, you have the right to appeal within two weeks.
In specific circumstances, if you have had a flexible working request rejected, you may have an employment tribunal claim. Your employer will have to show that they followed the procedure and have a sound reason for rejecting the request.
If you have had a request for flexible working rejected and think the reasons for rejection are not sound, contact Ashley Hunt or Vaishali Thakerar on 0116 212 1000 now or complete the form below for free initial advice.
Lawson-West will make sure that your case is funded on the most appropriate basis and that will often be on a No Win No Fee basis. This means that Lawson-West have a vested interest in ensuring your employment claim is successful.
There is no right to flexible working, the right is only to request flexible working. You could request a change to the hours you work, a change to the times you work or to work from home. Before you make your request, consider the impact of your request on colleagues and other employees and on your employer’s business. A flexible working request that shows that you have thought about the impact is more likely to succeed.
Your employer has to follow the Flexible Working Request procedure. Your employer should arrange a meeting to discuss your request and you are entitled to bring another employee to the meeting.
Within two weeks of the meeting, your employer has to write to you to either agree a new work pattern and give a start date or provide reasons for not granting the request.
If the flexible working request has not been granted, you have the right to appeal within two weeks.
In specific circumstances, if you have had a flexible working request rejected, you may have an employment tribunal claim. Your employer will have to show that they followed the procedure and have a sound reason for rejecting the request.
If you have had a request for flexible working rejected and think the reasons for rejection are not sound, contact Ashley Hunt or Vaishali Thakerar on 0116 212 1000 now or complete the form below for free initial advice.
Lawson-West will make sure that your case is funded on the most appropriate basis and that will often be on a No Win No Fee basis. This means that Lawson-West have a vested interest in ensuring your employment claim is successful.
