Section 80G Employment Rights Act 1996

Section 80G of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is about Employer’s duties in relation to application under section 80F. It provides as follows:

(1) An employer to whom an application under section 80F is made—

(a)shall deal with the application in a reasonable manner,

(aza)shall not refuse the application unless the employee has been consulted about the application,

(aa)shall notify the employee of the decision on the application within the decision period, and

(b)shall only refuse the application because he considers that one or more of the following grounds applies—

(i)the burden of additional costs,

(ii)detrimental effect on ability to meet customer demand,

(iii)inability to re-organise work among existing staff,

(iv)inability to recruit additional staff,

(v)detrimental impact on quality,

(vi)detrimental impact on performance,

(vii)insufficiency of work during the periods the employee proposes to work,

(viii)planned structural changes, and

(ix)such other grounds as the Secretary of State may specify by regulations.