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Request for part time hours?

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DingbatsFur · 14/05/2012 20:05

Hi folks,
I am currently working full timeas my dh has been out of work. It looks like he will soon have a full time job though so I will be able to cut back.
I have 2 boys (3&5) and am just finsing it increasingly difficult to manage. If I make a statutory application to go part time will my employer have to respect it and if necessary move me to a team where it would be more manageable? To be honest I also hate my current position so see this as a possibe win win of being able to spend more time with my children and not have to continue in a role I hate.
Or can they just tell me to go away? I am grateful for my full time job but I am so fed up with the pressures & would like to know my kids!
Thanks.

OP posts:
flowery · 15/05/2012 09:41

Your employer has to consider your request but as long as they can give business reasons, they can refuse it and are certainly not obliged to find you a role in a different team or anything.

Is there a part time vacancy available in another team then? If so, could you not apply for it?

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