You choose: One flexible working request. Four scenarios

You are Joan’s manager.

Joan is a band 5 staff nurse and has been working in the hospital for the past 15 years. Joan loves her job but is finding it difficult to manage work and family life and often feels guilty about not having enough time to spend with her two small children.

Joan asks to reduce her hours from 37.5hrs a week to 22.5hrs a week, as she feels this will give her the work/life balance she’s looking for.

What will you decide? Make your choice and find out what happens in each scenario…