Regulations extending right to request flexible working published
The Government has published Regulations extending the right to request a flexible pattern of work to parents and carers of children under the age of 17. Currently, the right applies only to employees with caring responsibilites for children under the age of six (under 18 if the child is disabled), and carers of adults who are 18 or over. The extension is in response to an independent government review, conducted by Imelda Walsh, HR director of J Sainsbury plc, the results of which were published in May 2008. The extension to the right to request a flexible pattern of work comes into force on 6 April 2009.
- Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/595) Download the Regulations from the OPSI website.
- Right to request flexible working - a review of how to extend the right to request flexible working to parents of older children (PDF format, 139K) Read the results of the Walsh review (on the BERR website).
Also
XpertHR forthcoming law section More information on the extension of the right to request flexible working.
Right to request flexible working The XpertHR employment law manual explains the law on flexible working requests.
There are also a number of model policies and contract clauses on Flexible working in the XpertHR policies and documents section.
