British bosses to be forced to meet with employees who request flexible working

Under new workers’ rights, employers will have to ‘properly consider’ proposed shift changes and explain decisions Company bosses will have to sit down with workers who request flexible working and justify their reasons for any refusals under new rights announced by Louise Haigh on Tuesday. The first secretary of state told the TUC conference that employers would have to “properly consider” requests for flexibility and offer a face-to-face meeting under new rights for workers. Continue reading.

Summary aggregated from The Guardian's public RSS feed. The full reporting belongs to The Guardian — please read it on their site.