Flexible working FAQs
Recently published FAQs on XpertHR answer more employers' questions on the right to request flexible working.
- What is a statutory flexible working request?
- Must an employee provide a reason when making a statutory request for flexible working?
- Does the list of prescribed business reasons for rejecting a statutory request to work flexibly still apply on or after 30 June 2014?
- What should an employer do if it receives more than one statutory flexible working request at around the same time and cannot accommodate all of them?
- If an employer agrees to a flexible working request, does it have to issue a new contract of employment to the employee?
- Are agency workers eligible to make a statutory flexible working request?
- What tribunal claims might an employee bring where the employer has failed to consider his or her request for flexible working?
See FAQs > Family-friendly rights and policies > Right to request flexible working for more answers to questions on this topic.
