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If you are facing rejections and refusals of acknowledgement by your employer for a flexible working request, we can help
Contact us nowMore and more businesses are adopting flexible working options, which enables a bigger freedom in the working days of employees. Some may use flexible working to make sure they can fit in health appointments, or the school run, or to manage their time better in alignment with mental health. In any case, employees have a right to request flexible working arrangements, and sometimes employers may disregard this.
Our team of employment solicitors can help you if you feel your requests aren’t being taken seriously by your employer.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit and businesses were forced to adopt full-time working from home policies, more and more employers are embedding “flexible working” into their workplace cultures.
However, there are instances where a flexible working request may be ignored, or rejected by your employer. If you’ve made a reasonable request and are finding yourself up against rejection for no good reason, you may be able to make a flexible working tribunal claim.
Call us free today to see how we can help you understand your options on 0808 164 0808, or request a call back if you’d like one of our no-win, no-fee experts to call you.
A dispute with your employer can be stressful, and the last thing you want to be worried about is how to pay for the legal help and advice you need. We will help you get the best possible outcome in the most cost-effective way. Click below to find out more about the funding options available to you.
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If you were to make a flexible working discrimination claim, there are a number of points to consider:
Although you are currently limited to making statutory flexible working requests after 26 weeks’ service (until the day one rule is implemented), you can make these requests on day one of your employment under equality law;
Under current Flexible Working Regulations, you are only permitted to make one flexible working request per year. However, this limit doesn’t exist under equality law;
If you make a flexible working request due to childcare or disability needs, this might be protected by equality law.
If you want to find out more about discrimination claims and how we could help you, see our employment discrimination page >>
In general you have three months less one day from the most recent act of discrimination or breach to take action, meaning you should act fast.
We recommend you speak to one of our lawyers in the first instance. As part of the process, you’ll need to get in touch with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), who will aim to achieve early conciliation with your employer. However, our lawyers can assist in this process where appropriate and we have formally been instructed.
Please be aware that the ACAS process can take up to around a month to complete, which will be taken from the three months you have to begin with. It’s important to act quickly in order to bring a tribunal claim. If the conciliation procedure is unsuccessful, we may be able to support you with the tribunal. If you feel you have a potential employment claim please act quickly and contact us today.
