Information on your rights if your employer wants to change your contract including changing hours or workplace, covering what you can do and how to negotiate.

Information on how to contact Working Families if you need more advice after looking at the website, including details of the free helpline on benefits and employment rights for parents and carers.

Information on direct sex discrimination, covering what men and women can do if they believe their employer is discriminating against them by trying to change their terms and conditions.

Factsheet for parents and carers covering benefits and employment rights when you have children.   

Which areas of your life can be difficult or do you anticipate will be difficult? What is most important for you, and what do you need to hold it all together?

It can be hard to know what to ask for, especially if you are going back to work after having your first baby. You may need to think about the following things.

However you choose to ask for flexible working, you will want your employer to agree to the change you have asked for. So you need to think about how your new working pattern will fit into the workplace.

It’s important to remember that the meetings you have with your employer as part of your flexible working application are a chance to negotiate.

A summary of your rights and some answers to frequently asked questions which may help.

Information explaining that a refusal to allow flexible working to a woman could be indirect sex discrimination.

Information on what you need to include in a request for flexible working.

Information on your right to be treated fairly if you work part-time covering your right to be paid at the same rate as full-time workers and to have the same rights to pension schemes and training.

These pages are addressed to a parent who is looking at our precedent pages and who is trying to find an adviser.

Information on your rights if your employer wants to make any changes to your contract.

Information on your rights if your employer wants to change your contract including changing hours or workplace, covering what you can do and how to negotiate.

Case studies giving examples of how changes to your pay and conditions may be a breach of contract.

Information on how to contact Working Families if you need more advice after looking at the website, including details of the free helpline on benefits and employment rights for parents and carers.

Information on direct sex discrimination, covering what men and women can do if they believe their employer is discriminating against them by trying to change their terms and conditions.

Factsheet for parents and carers covering benefits and employment rights when you have children.   

Which areas of your life can be difficult or do you anticipate will be difficult? What is most important for you, and what do you need to hold it all together?

It can be hard to know what to ask for, especially if you are going back to work after having your first baby. You may need to think about the following things.

However you choose to ask for flexible working, you will want your employer to agree to the change you have asked for. So you need to think about how your new working pattern will fit into the workplace.

It’s important to remember that the meetings you have with your employer as part of your flexible working application are a chance to negotiate.

A summary of your rights and some answers to frequently asked questions which may help.

Information on how to appeal if you have made a request to work flexibly but have been refused.

Information explaining that a refusal to allow flexible working to a woman could be indirect sex discrimination.

Information on how a change to the terms and conditions of a contract for a woman might be indirect sex discrimination.

Information on what you need to include in a request for flexible working.

Information on how to negotiate an agreement on flexible working.

Information on your right to be treated fairly if you work part-time covering your right to be paid at the same rate as full-time workers and to have the same rights to pension schemes and training.

Information on your rights if you have been dismissed for refusing to agree a change to your terms and conditions.

Information on how you can use the right to request flexible working if your employer is trying to change your terms and conditions.

Information on the deadlines your employer must meet following a request for flexible working.

Information on what you can do if your employer has not followed proper procedures after your request for flexible working.

Information on the reasons why an employer can refuse a request for flexible working.

Information on your entitlement to ask for flexible working if you are looking after a child.