Flexible working requests: don't discriminate against men . . .

Failure to agree to a request for flexible working from a male employee where a similar request has been granted to a woman may expose an employer to a claim for sex discrimination, says David Gibson of Crutes Law Firm .

  • Avoid the pitfalls of work-life balance    By David Gibson, associate partner at Crutes Law Firm, writing in Personnel Today.

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