I have an employee who’s come up with a quite creative way of solving some of his childcare problems. He wants to continue to work full time, but do his full time job by working longer for 9 days then take one day off every fortnight. His wife is asking her employer the same question.

I like his approach but I’m inclined to say no for a couple of reasons.

1. I feel it will move the emphasis in the workplace away from being employed to do a job, towards being employed to work certain hours
2. We have a very hard working workforce, and many people already regularly put in more hours per day, 10 days a fortnight, than this chap would be putting in for 9 days a fortnight while retaining his full time salary.

I’m not sure however if I can refuse his request for these two reasons.

Finance is my area of expertise, and HR is just part of my role. Not being an expert, I’d be really grateful for any help available.

Thanks

Kenneth
Kenneth Osborne