Amazon has offered employees at its huge Manchester warehouse who are parents, grandparents and guardians of school-age children the chance to work term-time only.
The retail giant said the new contracts guarantee time off for the six-week summer break, as well as the two-week Easter and Christmas holiday periods, without affecting the "comprehensive range of benefits" they receive, including private medical insurance and life assurance.
Amazon has also announced a new flexible part-time contract for a minimum of 80 hours a month which lets employees "pick and mix the shifts which suit their needs"; part-day or full-day, day or night, weekday or weekend.
