My Dad is only a few years away from retirement. He is great at his job and has been in the industry a long time.
Lately he has been very stressed as the industry has changed a lot over the recent years and he has had more work piled on him (cos he is reliable and good).
He previously asked for reduced hours (esp since having the inevitable pay cut due to the recession a few years back that was company wide) and was told jokingly that 'your wife would get fed up with you being at home, ha ha!'. I am not sure if he got a formal answer as he is reluctant to discuss the details.
However, over the last 6mths I have been increasingly worried as he has lost interest in most things, has put on weight and all I ever hear from my Mum is moaning about his lack of motivation and concern for his health (including bad sleep).
They have just come back from a long holiday and on the last day he got a terrible cold and spent a few days in bed. We are all worried that this was due to stress and not wanting to go back.
He seems to have more intent this time to ask to go to 4 days working week.
Sorry this is long and rambling, but does anyone know what his rights are here? He doesn't know and I am not sure where to look.
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Help for my Dad please - reduced hours
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Hoopsadazy · 01/03/2013 20:10
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