Creating The Perfect Work-life Balance - For Employees And Employers

June 9, 2009 - PRLog -- It is estimated that up to 10 million parents will now be entitled to request flexible working arrangements until the day before their child’s 17th birthday, or 18th if the child has a disability.
Phillip Harding, a Partner at Tallents Solicitors said,
“These changes are complex and do require expert legal advice to be properly understood and followed. Employers risk costly and time consuming legal problems if they are not fully prepared and up to speed with these new measures."

Now anyone can ask their employer for flexible work arrangements, but the law provides some employees with the statutory right to request a flexible working pattern.

You must:
•   be an employee, but not an agency worker or in the armed forces,
•   have worked for your employer for 26 weeks' continuously before applying,
•   not have made another application to work flexibly under the right during the past 12 months.

You will then have the statutory right to ask if you:
•   have or expect to have parental responsibility of a child aged 16 or under or a disabled child under 18 who receives Disability Living Allowance,
•   are the parent/guardian/special guardian/foster parent/private foster carer or as the holder of a residence order or the spouse, partner or civil partner of one of these and are applying to care for the child,
•   are a carer who cares, or expects to be caring, for an adult who is a spouse, partner, civil partner or relative; or who although not related to you, lives at the same address as you.
Phillip finishes,
“Under the law an employer must seriously consider any application made and only reject it if there are good business reasons for doing so. However, employers need to be aware that there is a strict legal process which must be followed after receiving such a request. We are urging all our clients to speak to us if they receive such a request.”

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For more information, contact Tallents
3 Middlegate, Newark, 01636 671881

www.tallents.co.uk



ABOUT TALLENTS

Established in 1774 and with offices in Newark, Mansfield and Southwell, Tallents Solicitors services the legal needs of private individuals, company and commercial clients and farmers in North Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

We still offer a personal service to our clients and our size and structure ensures that partners are never remote from our clients. We provide a full range of legal services and our expertise covers all areas of law including:

Agricultural law, criminal law, commercial and domestic property transactions, inheritance tax planning, trust and estate administration, wills and probate, commercial and general litigation, employment law, company and commercial law, intellectual property, matrimonial and family law, personal injury claims and children issues.



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