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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to respond to an employee who has requested to amend a request for flexible working submitted on or after 6 April 2024.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
A model letter to inform an employee who has submitted a request for flexible working on or after 6 April 2024 that the request is invalid and the reasons why it is invalid, and to ask them to resubmit the request.
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
Updated to refer to Information Commissioner's Office guidance on information sharing as a result of mental health emergencies at work.
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- Type:
- Training
Enhanced with the addition of a PowerPoint presentation for training purposes.
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- Date:
- 8 March 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Changes to statutory flexible working rights are due to come into force on 6 April 2024. Given the increased expectation of staff to be able to work flexibly, coupled with the right to request flexible working becoming a day-one right, employers should prepare for an increase in flexible working applications. In this article, we guide HR through the key changes and how employers can prepare.
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- Date:
- 1 March 2024
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
The rules around COVID-19 were very clearly drawn in 2020. But what is the state of play now, not just in relation to COVID but to illness in the workplace generally? What should organisations do about employees who are nervous about returning to the workplace? Or about at-risk employees, particularly when infection rates are high? Or about long COVID - is it now treated as a disability?
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- Type:
- Training
A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on handling flexible working requests (reflecting forthcoming reforms).
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- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Wilson v Financial Conduct Authority, the employment tribunal dismissed the senior manager's claim after finding that the FCA had carefully analysed her flexible working request and had identified genuine reasons for refusing it.
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- Type:
- FAQs
Updated to reflect the new method for calculating holiday entitlement for term-time workers, for holiday years beginning on or after 1 April 2024.
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- Date:
- 19 January 2024
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
We discuss the key employment law changes expected to come into force this year and reflect on some important case law decisions from 2023.