Andrew Spratt is an experienced employment law specialist and litigator at A&L Goodbody.
Andrew’s practice area is both contentious and non-contentious, with experience in the defence of discrimination claims with a focus on discrimination on grounds of religious belief and/or political opinion. Andrew has a breadth of experience advising clients in respect of the operation and process of the transfer of employees pursuant to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 and/or The Service Provision Change (Protection of Employment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006.
He also regularly advises in-house HR personnel on day to day issues such as grievance and disciplinary matters, running tribunal claims, gathering witness evidence and in common with the others of the team, generally, giving practical, commercial and risk aware advice without reliance on counsel.
Andrew Spratt, Associate at A&L Goodbody, outlines practical steps for managing flexible working requests.
Andrew writes:
In GB the law on eligibility to request flexible working arrangements is due to be extended on 30 June 2014 to cover all employees' who have completed 26 weeks' service. Employees will no longer have to have responsibility as a parent for children under the age of 16 and/or as a carer for an adult over the age of 18. This extension does not yet apply in Northern Ireland. However, DELNI's consultation paper published in April this year proposed a similar extension be introduced in NI. The practical steps below should be continually reviewed in light of any changes implemented.
This article covers:
- Right to Request
- Eligibility
- Statutory Procedure and Time Limits
- Accepting the Request
- Rejecting the Request
- Subjective test
- Flexible Working Policy
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