snapper_37
Barbara Woodhouse's Love Child
- Location
- Wolves
Anyone managed to sort something out with their employer.
Quick rundown. A woman who works for me wants to slightly change her hours to enable her to pick up her sprog from school. Her husband works nights so it was never an issue before but he is fed up and wants to do days.
I arranged with my boss to trial her at what means an hour less a day - pro-rata deduction in wage.
However, when other managers got wind of this there has been a massive backlash and it has been stopped. They are basically saying that if it's done for one it has to be done for all, including all the factory girls.
End result is my girl is going to leave which is a real shame as she is a good worker and it will take me ages to get someone suitable and then trained up.
I've read up about this flexible working thing but just wondered if anyone here has succesfully applied? If not, what are the main 'excuses' the company has come up with.
Thanks.
Quick rundown. A woman who works for me wants to slightly change her hours to enable her to pick up her sprog from school. Her husband works nights so it was never an issue before but he is fed up and wants to do days.
I arranged with my boss to trial her at what means an hour less a day - pro-rata deduction in wage.
However, when other managers got wind of this there has been a massive backlash and it has been stopped. They are basically saying that if it's done for one it has to be done for all, including all the factory girls.
End result is my girl is going to leave which is a real shame as she is a good worker and it will take me ages to get someone suitable and then trained up.
I've read up about this flexible working thing but just wondered if anyone here has succesfully applied? If not, what are the main 'excuses' the company has come up with.
Thanks.