![]() Who can make a flexible working request?Īnyone can make an informal request to work flexibly, but certain employees have extra protection in law. Working Families is delighted to have proposed a set of flexible working reforms to Yasmin Qureshi MP and worked alongside her to develop the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill which, if it comes into force at some point next year, will remove barriers for millions of employees so they can access the flexible working arrangements they need to thrive. It protects workers and employees from discrimination and is a day one right. ![]() The Equality Act 2010 provides the strongest protection for many parents and carers who need to change their hours to work more flexibly. The Employment Rights Act 1996 also provides protection from employees suffering a detriment or being dismissed because the employee has made or proposed to make a statutory flexible working request. These rules currently apply to employees who have been working for the qualifying period of 26 weeks and specify that employees can only bring one statutory flexible working request per year. The framework of rules which cover the flexible working process are set out in sections 80F to 80I of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Flexible Working Regulations 2014. Rules on how requests for flexible working are dealt with are different in Northern Ireland.Ĭonfusion arises when talking about flexible working rights this may be because there are three different pieces of law setting out the rules. This article applies to England, Wales and Scotland. sharing the job with someone else (‘job share’)īefore you make the request, you should consider speaking to your employer informally first and have a look at our advice on how to negotiate your request.working from home or elsewhere (‘remote working’).doing your hours over fewer days (‘compressed hours’).having flexibility with your start and finish time (sometimes known as ‘flexitime’). ![]() ![]() Examples of kinds of flexible working that you can request include: It is altering the way you work in a more flexible way and there are a wide variety of patterns of work flexible working is not only working from home. ‘Flexible working’ means making a change to the hours your work, the times you work or your place of work. ![]()
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