Flexible Working Policy

15. Informing the Employee of the Outcome

The decision of the appeal meeting will be notified to the employee after it has been held. The appropriate Director or nominated representative will communicate this in writing to the employee by completing Form FW (E). The decision at appeal will be final and exhausts the internal procedure.

If the appeal is upheld the written decision must:

• Include a description of the new working pattern.
• State the date from which the new working pattern is to take effect; and
• Be dated.

If the appeal is dismissed the written decision must:

• State the grounds for the decision appropriate to the employee’s own grounds for making the appeal.
• Provide an explanation as to why the grounds for refusal apply in the circumstances; and
• Be dated.