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Is there an alternative to bringing an employment tribunal claim in respect of an employer’s failure to follow the correct procedure when dealing with an employee’s statutory request for flexible working? Is there an alternative to bringing an employment tribunal claim in respect of an assertion that an employer’s decision to reject an employee’s flexible working application was based on incorrect facts? Where an employer correctly follows the right to request flexible working procedure and refuses a request for a permissible reason, are there any other tribunal claims that the employee could bring? What should an employer do if an older employee requests to change his or her working pattern in preparation for retirement?