zippy

Hi all,

I have one little boy who is 3 and half who is meant to be starting school sept 2011 so at the min i'm looking at schools but i'm really struggling with the fact that i also work 2 an a half days a week and it takes me about 90mins to get to and from work. has anyone got any advice on where i stand with requesting a change of days at work or how else i could maybe find a salution for this problem.

Thanks

Posted on: October 27, 2010 - 1:07pm
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Louise
Parenting specialist DoppleMe

Hello zippy

All parents of young children have the right to ask for more flexible working hours once they have worked for an employer for more than 26 weeks. The employer must seriously conside the request and only reject it if there are "good business reasons". See here for chapter and verse.

Do you have a union at work? They may be able to help in this.

It is worth looking at before and after-school care as well as holiday provision at any of the primary schools you are considering

Posted on: October 27, 2010 - 2:20pm
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sarahSymo

Hi

I need some advice my daughter has just recently started school this year and im looking for a part-time job, the only problem is im a single mum and i have a mortgage ( which the benefits pay for me) and ive been the cab and they have advised me i can only do 15 hours and ive seen a job that i REALLY want to apply for which is 16 hours but if i go for it its not gonna be worth me working( according to the cab) Is there any way i can get past this??

Posted on: September 9, 2011 - 9:36pm
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hazeleyes
DoppleMe

Hi. If you're on JSA, then you are allowed to do 16 hours. I'm not sure about the mortgage or anything, but I shall send a link for the 1-2-1 money section, who'll be able to advise you, but as it is the weekend, you wont hear from them till next week.

Posted on: September 9, 2011 - 9:48pm
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sarahSymo

I'm on income support at the moment but got told by the cab that i can only do 15 hours, if i do anymore it will make me worse off, but thank you if you can send me the link that would be very helpful thanks.

Posted on: September 9, 2011 - 10:08pm
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Louise
Parenting specialist DoppleMe

Yes if you are on Income Support then you can work 15 hours a week or less (although you lose some of your Income Support). Once you take a job for 16 hours you move onto Working Tax Credit.

Your mortgage: at present they will just be covering the interest element of your mortgage and the mortgage lender will be regarding this as a temporary state of affairs, I assume, although there is presently no limit to the amount of time the benefits system will cover this for people on Income Support.

Get together details of your present income and also what the wage for the new job would be and the mortgage payments if you had to make them yourself, and email the Money Advice people (click here to get the link) and they will be able to do the calculations for you.

Posted on: September 10, 2011 - 8:57am
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