Member

My amendment would allow an employer to make reasonable adjustments to the employee’s working patterns, not changing any other of the employee’s terms and conditions—for example, pay or type of work. There are certain times within the veterinary industry, where I work, when practices need to adjust the working patterns of their team, the team being made up of veterinary surgeons, veterinary nurses or support staff. This could be due, for example, to the practice stopping providing its own out-of-hours or emergency work. To service its clients and minimise the changes to the service it provides, the practice might wish to extend the opening hours at weekends so that clients can use its service and not have to travel to an alternative out-of-hours provider.