You originally agreed that an employee could work from home one day a week. Unfortunately, for business reasons, this isn’t working and you now need to cancel the agreement. Can you do so?
Published 06.09.2007
You asked a female part-timer with children to change her working days although this caused no actual difference to her total working hours. She’s now saying this amounts to sex discrimination. Does
she have a case?
Published 04.11.2009
An employee who had a black witch’s hat left on her desk by male colleagues has won her claim for sex discrimination and been awarded over £2 million. Why was the award so high?
Published 02.03.2022
A small employer has been ordered to pay a former employee £60,000 because her request for remote working was denied. Such requests can be refused if there are legitimate grounds, but this employer
made a serious error. What was it?
Published 12.05.2021
A while ago you agreed to allow an employee to work flexibly. However, she’s developed a pattern of taking more and more child-related time off. You don’t have unlimited resources, so how should you
respond?
Published 02.06.2006
A woman has been awarded £2,000 after she was asked about her childcare arrangements during an interview. However, all of the other candidates were women - so why was she able to claim that she’d
suffered discrimination?
Published 16.06.2016
You could be forgiven for thinking that your female staff enjoy almost unlimited rights to solve childcare problems by requesting part-time working. However, a recent finding shows that this isn’t
always the case. What’s the latest?
Published 15.06.2006
In a 2016 case the employee - who was returning from maternity leave - had asked for an evenings-only homeworking arrangement. When this was rejected she claimed sex discrimination. Why did she lose?
Published 03.11.2016
During an interview a woman asks about a flexible working arrangement from day one as she has a young child. Her statutory right only kicks in at 26 weeks so you can refuse. But why should you avoid
making a note of her query?
Published 18.05.2010
When a statutory flexible working request is granted it becomes a permanent change to the employee’s contract. But what would happen if, sometime later, you needed to change it? Could the arrangement
be revoked?
Published 21.10.2011