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Flexible working denied. Appeal help needed!

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Calb1 · 16/04/2018 17:47

I wondered if anyone could help me write an appeal letter as my flexible work request was refused.
They've given a list as long as my arm of why not and apparently my role now includes visiting another site one day a week (50 miles away)! I went back on a trial for 12 months part time after my first was born and this continued for 13 months till I went off with my second... It worked well, I had zero reviews and zero negative comments.

Please help as I really don't want to go back full time!

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Gizlotsmum · 16/04/2018 17:49

I guess what you need to do is find a counter argument for each of their points. So if you need to work at a different site would you still be able to do that if you went part time?

Viviennemary · 16/04/2018 17:55

Gizlot gives good advice. Just address the points they've made one by one. I don't think visiting a site 50 miles away is very reasonable at all. Are you in a Union? But in the end they do have the right to turn down a request for flexible working. But the fact that you did it for 13 months without a problem should work in your favour.

Calb1 · 16/04/2018 18:44

Thanks for the advice

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TwitterQueen1 · 16/04/2018 18:46

There is no obligation on the part of the employer to grant flexible working so you can argue until you're blue in the face and it won't make a jot of difference.

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