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Four-day week for workers under Labour shake-up (www.telegraph.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Noit@lemm.ee to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] ns1@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Currently, employees have the legal right to request flexible working, but there is no obligation on companies to agree. That balance of power is to be shifted, with companies instead legally obliged to offer flexible working from day one except where it is “not reasonably feasible”.

Seems this isn't about a 4 day week specifically, but about employers being required to give their reasons when they reject flexible working requests. The telegraph is just using it as an example of something an employee could request.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago

When we requested flexible working the answer was no and the reason given was the managers have to come in 5 days a week so therefore so does everyone else. Which is such a stupid answer that it beggars believe.