By Jo Broadbent and Hogan Lovells
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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