Right to request flexible working

New and updated

• Date:

  18 October 2024

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  Employment Rights Bill research 2024

  The first draft of the Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October - just ahead of 100 days into the new Labour Government. We take an early look at how HR is reacting to the changes included in the Bill.

• Date:

  11 October 2024

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment Rights Bill published: 10 highlights for HR from the first draft

  After months of waiting, the Government has finally published the first draft of its wide-ranging Employment Rights Bill, which will make radical changes to employment law in the next few years. Now that the Employment Rights Bill has begun its progress through Parliament, we highlight the key points from the first draft for HR professionals.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Right to request flexible working

  Updated to reflect proposed reforms to flexible working requests under the Employment Rights Bill, which was published on 10 October 2024.

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Reform of the right to request flexible working

  Updated to reflect the provisions of the Employment Rights Bill, which was published on 10 October 2024.

• Date:

  18 July 2024

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Employment Rights Bill: Eight things HR needs to know

  During the state opening of Parliament, the Government trailed its Employment Rights Bill, which will make wide-ranging and radical changes to employment law in the coming years. In advance of the publication of the full text of the Employment Rights Bill, what do HR professionals need to know about what is in store for them?

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Flexible working: Employment tribunal round-up

  We look at four recent employment cases brought over the mishandling of flexible working requests, including two where the tribunal found the employee had been constructively dismissed.

• Type:

  Interactive flowcharts

  Flexible working: Respond to a statutory request to work flexibly on or after 6 April 2024

  Use this flowchart to ensure that, on receiving a flexible working request on or after 6 April 2024, you comply with the requirements set out in the law on the statutory right to request flexible working. This flowchart is an example of a legally compliant process. Where your organisation's own procedures go beyond the procedure set out in this flowchart, you should follow these.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with a request to return from maternity leave on a part-time basis

  Updated to reflect that the statutory right to request flexible working is a day-one right from 6 April 2024.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer use a trial period to test whether a proposed flexible working arrangement would work?

  Updated to reflect that the time limit for responding to flexible working requests made on or after 6 April 2024 is reduced to two months. 

• Type:

  FAQs

  Does an employee have the right to be accompanied at a meeting to discuss a statutory request for flexible working?

  Updated to reflect the updated version of the Acas code, applicable from 6 April 2024.