Flexible working

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  Training

  Job-sharers quiz - line manager training

  A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on the law and practice relating to job-sharers.

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  FAQs

  Is it permissible for an employer to dismiss part-time workers in preference to employees on full-time contracts?

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  FAQs

  Is there an alternative to bringing an employment tribunal claim in respect of a dispute over an employer's handling of a statutory request for flexible working?

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  FAQs

  Where an employer refuses a flexible working request for a permissible reason, within the required timescale, are there any tribunal claims that the employee could bring?

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  Employment law cases

  Manager's mishandling of flexible working request led to constructive dismissal

  A manager's disastrous mishandling of an application for flexible working, from an employee who had returned from maternity leave, meant that she resigned and successfully claimed constructive dismissal.

• Type:

  Training

  Job-sharers - line manager training

  Line manager training resource examining job-sharing, including job-sharers' statutory rights and how managers can get the most out of job-sharing arrangements.

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  FAQs

  Are the 10 keeping-in-touch days during maternity and adoption leave pro-rated for part-time employees?

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  FAQs

  If a union representative works part-time hours, are they entitled to be paid for union duties carried out outside those hours?

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  FAQs

  If a part-time or shift-working employee is not scheduled to work on a bank holiday, are they entitled to an additional day's holiday?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If a part-time employee is contracted to work a half day on a bank holiday, are they entitled to an additional half day's holiday to take at another time?