By Jo Broadbent
Brightmine editor: Laura Merrylees
This guide explains the statutory right to request flexible working and the procedure that employers must follow when an employee makes a flexible working request.
In this guide, learn about:
- Right to apply for flexible working
- Meaning of flexible working
- Eligibility to make flexible working request
- Application for flexible working
- Employer’s response to flexible working request
- Complying with Acas code of practice on requests for flexible working
- Rejection of flexible working application
- Withdrawal of flexible working application
- Detrimental treatment related to flexible working request
- Dismissal related to flexible working request
- Remedies and penalties
- Discrimination
- Breach of statutory flexible working request procedure
- Referral to Acas Arbitration Scheme
- Future developments
- Reforms to flexible working
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About the author
Jo Broadbent
Counsel Knowledge Lawyer, Hogan Lovells
Jo Broadbent is a counsel knowledge lawyer in the employment team at law firm Hogan Lovells. In addition to keeping clients and the team up to date with legal developments, she has extensive experience of developing and presenting internal and external client training courses and workshops.
Jo is a former chair of the Employment Lawyers Association training committee. She is a co-author of the book “Informing and consulting employees: the new law” and frequently writes articles for the HR and legal press. She has a particular interest in shared parental leave and other family-friendly rights.
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