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All items: Right to request flexible working

  • Managers must hold meeting with staff to explain flexible working decision

    Date:
    17 September 2026

    Managers will be required to have a meeting with employees who request flexible working, according to Louise Haigh, first secretary of state. Speaking at the TUC conference this week, Haigh revealed that changes to flexible working legislation, due to take force in 2027, will require employers to "sit down with their employee, properly consider it and explain why".

  • Day one right to request flexible working confirmed

    Date:
    5 December 2022

    Plans to give employees the right to request flexible working from the first day of their job have been confirmed by the Government, although no date has been set for its introduction.

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