Flexible Working denied?
by Sarah
The BBC have today reported that mothers are finding it difficult to get a job with sufficient flexiblity when they want to return to work. You can read the full story here.
About 90% of mothers surveyed have difficulty, so the survey claims, in getting work flexibly. The results are not suprising given the source of the survey but a little suprising from a legal angle given the potential for a discrimination claim and the extension of the right to request flexible working.
Having said that we have seen a number of cases recently from both sides of the fence on flexible working. One where an employer had explored numerous options and the employee was still unhappy and another where an employee was having the best parts of her job given to a man on her return from maternity leave when she wanted to come back part-time. Food for thought for employers out there?
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