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Right to request flexible working

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  • Type:
    Training

    Flexible working requests - line manager training

    Enhanced with the addition of a PowerPoint presentation for training purposes.

  • Date:
    8 March 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    New flexible working request rules - what does HR need to know?

    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.

  • Type:
    Training

    Flexible working requests quiz - line manager training

    A quiz for line managers to test their knowledge on handling flexible working requests (reflecting forthcoming reforms).

  • Date:
    4 September 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Flexible working request reforms: A guide to updating your policy

    Forthcoming changes to the law on the right to request flexible working mean that employers will have to amend their flexible working requests policy. We set out nine steps for HR professionals to follow when faced with updating their organisation's policy.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Equality impact assessment form

    A model form to conduct an equality impact assessment on a workplace policy, provision, criterion, practice or activity. The form uses the example of a regular review of an organisation's flexible working requests policy.

  • Date:
    13 January 2023
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment law 2023: six key tasks for HR

    We look at what HR needs to do to meet its employment law obligations and prepare for the coming year.

  • Date:
    5 December 2022
    Type:
    News

    Day one right to request flexible working confirmed

    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.

  • Date:
    1 July 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment law changes 2022: Mid-year progress report for HR

    As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Mishandled flexible working requests: Case law round-up

    We look at three successful employment tribunal claims brought over the mishandling of flexible working requests. We also examine two Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions on getting agreement from the employee to extend the three-month decision period and the requirement for a single mother to be available to work late shifts.

  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Flexible working: key differences in Scotland and Northern Ireland

    Key differences in the law relating to part-time workers and the right to request flexible working in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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