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ELIGIBILITY

All employees, with 26 weeks continuous service with the company, can make an
application to work flexibly provided they have not made an application during the
previous 12 months.

a. Examples of types of flexible working include:

i. A change in the hours you work
ii. A change in the days you work

b. Remember any changes to your contract will
be permanent and will not revert back to your
previous terms and conditions of employment
(unless a temporary variation has been agreed)

PROCEDURE

a. Applications should be made to your line
manager on the flexible working application
form or by letter

b. The request must:

i. Be in writing, be dated and detail the flexibility required
ii. Specify if you have made a previous application for flexible working and, if
so, when
iii. State that it is a flexible working application
iv. Specify the date on which you wish the change to take effect
v. Specify the date on which you wish the change to come to an end if you
wish the change to be temporary
vi. Specify what effect, if any, you think your proposed change would have
on the business and how such effect may be dealt with in your opinion

c. Your line manager will arrange a meeting to discuss your application
within (approximately) 28 days from receipt of your application, unless your
application is approved in writing prior to this date. This discussion may be face
to face or if that is not practical be held by phone or video conference. The aim of
the meeting is to explore the suggested work pattern in depth, and to discuss
how best it might be accommodated.