Flexible Working Rights and Family Friendly Rights

All employees now have the right to make a flexible working request, from day 1 of their employment.

It is important that employers understand the law surrounding flexible working requests, as this can help to retain a good workforce.  Employers also need to be aware of the set procedure that needs to be followed when dealing with a flexible working request, in order to avoid claims for failing to follow the statutory procedure.

It is important to be aware that if such requests are not dealt with carefully, this could also result in claims for discrimination and automatically unfair dismissal.

There are also many family friendly rights that employees are entitled to, including:-

• Maternity Leave
• Shared Parental leave
• Parental leave
• Adoption Leave
• Paternity Leave
• Parental Bereavement Leave
• Time Off to Care for Dependants
• Carer’s Leave

How Can Gorvins Help?

Our specialist employment lawyers can help employers with all aspects of employee  rights at work from drafting policies to dealing with tricky questions regarding these rights.

To avoid any successful claims at an employment tribunal, Gorvins we ensure you are fully aware of what you need to do as an employer. We advise employer clients on all queries regarding flexible working and family friendly rights, including  questions in relation to:-

• bonus entitlement during maternity leave
• how you should deal with an employee who needs time off because their child is sick
• advice on flexible working requests
• dealing with sickness or holiday entitlement of employees whilst they are on maternity leave
• advice on paternity leave and shared parental leave
• dealing with redundancies whilst employees are on maternity leave delicately so as to avoid sex or pregnancy-related discrimination claims
• IVF rights
• Parental bereavement leave

Contact our employment solicitors today

For advice on flexible working requests or and family friendly rights, please contact our employment team today on 0161 930 5151 or send us an e-mail to employmentteam@gorvins.com.

Alternatively, you can contact us using our online form.