(a) Carol works as a cleaner for Moppet Productions (MP). She is 65 years old and would like to reduce her hours.

Give advice in the following situations:
(a) Carol works as a cleaner for Moppet Productions (MP). She is 65 years old and would like to reduce her hours. Her boss Mandy tells her that she cannot reduce her hours as too many others would want the same thing and she has had to allow some mothers of young children to do so. Advise Carol. Would your answer be affected if Carol had recently been diagnosed with diabetes?
(b) Tim and Jane work for Tresda Supermarket. They have a dress code which states that women may wear jewellery but men may not. Tim objects to this and so arrives for work one day with a ‘necklace’ tattooed on his neck. He is immediately told that he will be disciplined unless he has it removed or covers it up so that nobody can see it.
(c) Mary approaches you wanting advice. She has been looking at jobs closer to her home and has told her manager Rick she will be moving on soon. Rick says “well don’t ask me for a reference – I don’t give them!”. Advise Mary.