Basically, I already have a flexi working agreement in place from when I went back to work after having DD. However, this now no longer works for me due to childcare arrangements falling through for one reason or another, and I am no longer able to fulfill my agreed hours at (very very) short notice.
I submitted a request which has been immediately refused on the basis that it’s too busy during the periods that I currently work and they can’t let me change, even though it would be to an equally busy period. For full disclosure, I work in a 24/7/365 organisation that is never not busy. I also fail to see how 1 person would have a detrimental effect on the ability of the department to meet demand. We don’t meet demand as it is.
It might also be worth noting that I’m asking to do a shift pattern that someone else has already had approved within the last 6 months.
There is also ongoing recruitment in my department until the end of the year.
I just don’t see why I should be penalised because they don’t have enough staff during the busiest times of the day, and don’t know where to go from here other than appeal and obviously that’s not guaranteed to be approved then either.
If they know that their refusal would lead to be having to resign (because I literally have no other option due to childcare) and they still refused my request and didn’t even try to negotiate/offer an alternative, could this be considered constructive dismissal? I’ve tried to research this but haven’t found anything current on this.
Any advice would me much appreciated.
TIA.
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Flexi working request rejected, anything I can do?
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MommySharkDoDoDoDo · 27/06/2018 17:09
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