Flexibility row | Refusing worker's request for Saturdays off was not sex discrimination, tribunal rules

A tube driver who was denied Saturdays off to look after her child was not the victim of sex discrimination, an employment tribunal has ruled.

Nicola Jones had asked for alternate Saturdays off for childcare reasons, but her request was denied, eventually leading her to take her employer to tribunal.

Ms Jones had been working for the London Underground since 2001, and had a child in 2013, the tribunal heard. 

She had asked her bosses for the changes to her shift patterns as her husband, a bus driver, worked every weekend.