Should Cora Ignores Her Request For Flexible Working Hours?

The main problem here appears to be based on Brenda recently having a child, meaning she could benefit from flexible working. This is being given a working timetable that would suit her needs, for example choosing when she would like to work. To be able to ask for this arrangement, Brenda must be an employee of the company, and been employed for a minimum of 26 weeks. Clearly Brenda satisfies both of these conditions. Therefore, if Cora ignores her request for flexible working hours, then she would in fact be unlawfully discriminating against Brenda under the equality act 2010. Therefore, Brenda could make a complaint or make a discrimination claim and go to the employment tribunal. However, there are a number of reasons Cora could use to refuse Brenda these flexible working hours. Two
The BBC made a decision to change the format of the show he presented. Based on this decision, all but one of the presenters were removed, and when the new presenters were hired, it emerged that all but one were in there 30’s. At this point, the claimant accepted her career was at an end with the BBC and therefore claimed age and sex discrimination. The employment tribunal found that the discrimination faced was not justified, as while the BBC had a legitimate aim to increase their audience, there was no evidence that showed a younger presenting team would capture this audience. They did not however find that involved sex discrimination either, and concluded it was age discrimination only. This case is extremely relevant for Darius, because while Cora may have a legitimate aim to increase the safety of her customers, and she might feel that older drivers may lose some of there road skills which could affect there safe driving. However, there would most definitely be a lack of evidence suggesting that an individual aged 65, compared to 55 for example, would have a decreased standard of