Statutory Changes to Flexible Working Requests effective
- May 25, 2024
- 1 min read
Updated: Jul 18, 2024
Previously, all employees who had worked for their employer for 26 weeks or more had the right to ask if they could work flexibly. A change in the law has made this a right that applies from the first day of employment from 6 April.
Acas Chief Executive, Susan Clews, said: “Flexible working can bring many benefits in workplaces and the starting position should be to consider what may be possible.”
The Code of Practice can be found on the Acas website. It includes information on:
who should be allowed to accompany an employee at meetings to discuss a flexible working request
the need for transparency about reasons for rejecting a request
making it clear that employers should proactively offer an appeal where a request has been rejected.
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