Thankyou all for taking the time to advise me on this, no college isnt work related, it is my choice to train in another field, I will put in a request for FWH, I do feel it will be refused as she has stated that this change is to meet the needs of the business and customer demand, It wont hurt to try tho, I really appreciate all of your advice and I will keep you updated on progress and outcome, thankyou

Thankyou for your reply, do I still go ahead and request FWH as it seems from your post Its a different route to go down

I will do, thankyou, your help is very much appreciated

Yes I understand that, thankyou for your help, I will put the request in writing and hope for the best, I will post an outcome as soon as I have one, thanks again.

Ive read through the link you’ve posted and my manager has already stated that this change is for the needs of the business amd to meet customer demand, is it still worth going ahead and putting in this request ? Also if i give her some sort of offer as to what i could do to try and meet the needs without my weekday shifts changing (offering to work 2 saturdays in a month as she has stated she needs more saturday staff) would she still be able to refuse and would I have more grounds if it went to tribunal?

Thankyou for taking the time to read and reply to my post,I will look into your suggestion

Hello, Im looking for some advice/help, i currently work for [edited] on a 16 hour contract, i have worked for the company for 4 years. I am a single parent of 3 children and I also attend college 2 days a week, my problem is this, my manager has re-shifted everyones working patterns instore and has moved my shifts on to days and hours she knows i cant do due to me attending college and childcare issues, having to collect children from school etc. she knows my situation and knows that the hours and days i currently work are the only shifts i can do, by doing this she is forcing me out of the company as she has told me if i dont accept the new hours my contract will be terminated, we have alot of teenagers working in our store and she hasnt changed their shifts to days they are at college/uni she has worked around that! i have spoken to acas they have told me that she can do this and if it does come to terminating my contract then i can take her to tribunal however i may not win, is there anything i can do ? Surely companies are meant to encourage and support working mums not put them in a position where they could become unemployed through no fault of their own ?? Any help or advice would be very much appreciated, thankyou