how far does your place of work have to move before it's considered too far?

[Looby]

not sure about that


i had fun trying to match my grade (mobile) to areas with a deficit. i'll no doubt be set up north in a few years.

That's the one benefit of being one of the plebs, it's more difficult for them to move us.

I'm hoping I'll get a job in PCS eventually. Janice Godrich, watch out I'm coming for your job.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

My husband's work, at one time, moved from Vauxhall to Woking...he checked it out and basically it was go with it or go...

 

[Looby]

My husband's work, at one time, moved from Vauxhall to Woking...he checked it out and basically it was go with it or go...

That is often the case unfortunately. It depends on the contract of employment.

 

[ethel]

That's the one benefit of being one of the plebs, it's more difficult for them to move us.

I'm hoping I'll get a job in PCS eventually. Janice Godrich, watch out I'm coming for your job.

i'm off to glamorous worthing from april. detached duty though and it isn't reasonable travel.

 

[Oswaldtwistle]

What about finding a nursery near Canary Wharf? (although it would mean taking the foal on the tube everyday, unless you drove)

 

[trashpony]

What about finding a nursery near Canary Wharf? (although it would mean taking the foal on the tube everyday, unless you drove)

I have thought about that but nurseries over there are hugely expensive and taking a small baby on the tube in rush hour is vile.

I'm going to ask to wait it out for the time being and seeing if something else comes up where I'm based now. Unless they force me to do it (which they're not at the moment) I may as well stay where I am.

 

[1927]

Lots of women have kids. There are supposed to be rules to prevent them being discriminated against when they return to work.....

She hasnt said she is being discriminated against tho has she? She has just said that she is gonna struggle.

 

[EastEnder]

She hasnt said she is being discriminated against tho has she? She has just said that she is gonna struggle.

I got the impression she was implying that her employers had been deliberately dragging their feet or trying in some way to engineer a situation that she'd find unmanageable...

 

[1927]

I got the impression she was implying that her employers had been deliberately dragging their feet or trying in some way to engineer a situation that she'd find unmanageable...

If that is the case then I apologise for any commenets i may have made. That is bang out of order. I read it that the company was moving!

 

[trashpony]

If that is the case then I apologise for any commenets i may have made. That is bang out of order. I read it that the company was moving!

No, the company isn't moving - they have told me the job I'm doing doesn't exist any more and that the only job they can offer me right now is in CW.

I am actually legally entitled to be treated the same as any other employee, even though I was careless enough to have a child

 

[laptop]

Dunno about whether moving someone to the Lands of the Dark Tower constitutes constructive dismissal.

But:

From April 2007, employees who are new parents or who have caring responsibilities for an adult are set to benefit from changes to the law.

A key part of the new package of measures is an extension of the right to request flexible working arrangements. Currently, this right is only available to employees who have a child under the age of six, or 18 if disabled. New legislation will see the right extended to people who look after an adult, such as their partner, a near relative or someone who lives with them.

http://www.delni.gov.uk/index/press...lexibility-for-carers-and-working-parents.htm

So even before last year parents of children under 6 had the right to request flexible working, it seems.


(It's a Northern Ireland press release but I'm fairly sure it's about the implementation of EU legislation so it ought to be the same in London.)

 

[scifisam]

I don't suppose it would be possible to change your son's nursery to somewhere in Canary Wharf? I ask this partly because it's something your employer will most likely ask, or at least want to ask, so, if t's not possible then it's worth being prepared to answer that question.

Dunno about whether moving someone to the Lands of the Dark Tower constitutes constructive dismissal.

But:



So even before last year parents of children under 6 had the right to request flexible working, it seems.


(It's a Northern Ireland press release but I'm fairly sure it's about the implementation of EU legislation so it ought to be the same in London.)

Bloody Hell, it's cheering to see good legislation being passed for a change! I'm thinking mostly of those who have to care for adults - they were royally screwed over before.

 

[High Voltage]

Depends who you talk to. I was told by a senior manager that our home commitments are of no concern to them they are just interested in whether you can get to the new place of work within around 60 minutes.

When offering a job to someone, as a manager I'd take into account someone's home commitments but they are of no concern . . . but if an employee, say in TPs case, had changing home commitments, especially if they came under returning to work after maternity leave, then I'd make every effort possible to keep that person happy. Seems common sense for a manager to keep a good employee rather than have to go through retraining someone new

Bloody Hell, it's cheering to see good legislation being passed for a change! I'm thinking mostly of those who have to care for adults - they were royally screwed over before.

Flexible working can be requested but if it is not viable for the business then it didn't have to be granted.

From my last firm, the person requesting the flexible working had to come up with how they thought it was going to work and put it to their manager. It wasn't up to the manager to come up with the solution.

 

[Looby]

When offering a job to someone, as a manager I'd take into account someone's home commitments but they are of no concern . . . but if an employee, say in TPs case, had changing home commitments, especially if they came under returning to work after maternity leave, then I'd make every effort possible to keep that person happy. Seems common sense for a manager to keep a good employee rather than have to go through retraining someone new

I'm talking about being forced to change offices not a new job. If I was applying for a job then if it didn't fit in with my life I wouldn't take it but when you are already in a job and they change your location then you have a right to have your personal circumstances taken into consideration.

 

[trashpony]

I already have a flexible working arrangement - I work 4 days a week. I can't afford to work any less hours, nor can I change my working hours so that I'm working 6 hours a day but for five days (for example) as I would have to pay for the nursery fees for the morning or afternoon or both. So I can't afford to collect him early if I'm only getting paid for 4 days.

I'm going to see what my boss's boss says tomorrow. I'm going to ask to stay where I am until something in the city comes up and see what he says. Given they're not offering me the payrise and promotion they committed to, there's not a whole lot of incentive to travel for nearly an hour extra each day.

Thanks for all the replies - it's really helping to know that people (on the whole) don't think I'm being entirely unreasonable to be a bit hacked off about this