Sample Request Letter to Boss to Reduce Working Hours

Genuine justifiable reasons are very much necessary, if you are going to request your boss asking for reduced working hours.

Some of the common reasons behind such requests are some employees need to spend more time at home taking care of their child, some employees need to spend time at home to take care of their ill parents, some employees need to leave early from office due to high traffic conditions, etc.

Here are the examples of such request letters from employees to their employers requesting for reduced working hours.

TEMPLATE #1

(Request letter to reduce work hours for childcare.)

Date: _________

To

(Name of the Officer)

(Designation)

(Name of the Company)

(Location)

Sub.: Request for reduction of working hours.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am working as a (Designation) in __________ Department of the company. My working hours are set between ___ am to ___ pm.

I am the mother of a ___ months old child. My husband and I live with the child in our rented flat. Our parents do not live with us now. The child is left with the babysitter during our office hours. As you are aware, it is very difficult to find a good babysitter these days. Our babysitter has agreed to work only for a limited time, and has denied working for a longer time. Due to high work pressure, my husband also comes back home late at night. Hence, I need to be at home immediately after the babysitter leaves to take care of the child.

Therefore, I would like to kindly request you to reduce my working hours by one hour, so that I can leave at ___ pm instead of  ___ pm. I shall be grateful to you for your help and support.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Yours sincerely,

   (Signature)

(Name of the Employee)

Mob. _________

TEMPLATE #2

(Request letter to reduce work hours for taking care of ill parents.)

Date: _________

To

(Name of the Officer)

(Designation)

(Name of the Company)

(Location)

Sub.: Request for reduction of working hours.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am working as a (Designation) in __________ Department of the company. My working hours are set between ___ am to ___ pm.

I am living with my parents at (Location). My father has serious health issues. He needs to be taken to the hospital whenever any urgency arises. Since I am the only son of my parents. There is no one else at home to take care of them. My father has to be taken to the clinic in the evening for his daily checkup. Hence, my presence is required at home in the evening.

Therefore, I would like to kindly request you to reduce my working hours by at least one hour in the evening so that I can leave an hour early. I shall be grateful to you for your help and support.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

   (Signature)

(Name of the Employee)

TEMPLATE #3

(Request letter to reduce work hours due to traffic issues of reaching home at a distance location.)

Date: _________

To

(Name of the Boss)

(Designation)

(Name of the Company)

Sub.: Application for reduced duty hours.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am working as a (Designation) in __________ Department of the company. My working hours are between ___ am to ___ pm.

My home is at (Full Address). I have to change two buses in between my home and office in order to reach home. As you are aware, the traffic situation in our city is getting worse day by day. It takes two and half hours just to reach my home. I have to cook for myself after reaching home. Due to this delay, I go to sleep late at night and wake up early to catch my bus to come to office on time. It has become very stressful lately. It is affecting my performance as well.

Therefore, I would like to kindly request you to reduce my working hours by at least one hour in the evening so that I can leave an hour early. I shall be grateful to you for your support.

Thanking you,

Yours sincerely,

   (Signature)

(Name of the Employee)