With a raft of employment law changes taking effect in April 2024, we provide a final reminder for HR professionals of what their organisation needs to do to comply with the new and amended employment laws. This April, the challenges for HR include: the introduction of carer's leave; reforms to the right to request flexible working; and updated rules on timing and notice to take paternity leave.
A model letter to inform an employee that their flexible working request is invalid because they have already submitted two requests in the previous 12 months or they have another "live" flexible working request that is still being processed.
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.
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.