Refusing a flexible working request may be discriminatory

Employers refusing flexible working requests from female employees may be vulnerable to sex discrimination claims - even if they comply in full with the rules on the right to request flexible working.

  • Flexible working requests must not be taken lightly    By Pam Loch of Fladgate Fielder, writing in Personnel Today.

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    Also

    EOC calls for extended rights to request flexible working    XpertHR reports.

    Work and Families: Choice and Flexibility Part one, Part two, Part three and Case study   Caroline Blackwood of Osborne Clarke presents a series of articles on the Government's recently issued consultation document setting out its plans to improve the situation for working parents and other carers. From XpertHR's ongoing series looking at hot topics in employment law.

    Flexible Working Regulations    IRS Employment Review examines the two sets of Regulations that contain the detail of the new right to request flexible working.

    How to deal with requests for flexible working  XpertHR's How to section outlines the steps to be taken by employers in order to comply with the law on requests for flexible working.

    Part-time workers and Right to request flexible working   XpertHR's employment law reference manual has guidance on part-time workers and the right to request flexible working.

    Sex discrimination - the basics  XpertHR's employment law reference manual provides guidance on how to avoid direct and indirect sex disrcrimination in the workplace.