Employment Contracts · glossary

Flexible working request

An employee’s request to change how, when or where she works. Every employee may make one from the first day of a job. A rule letting the employer refuse only where refusing is reasonable is due in autumn 2027, and that date may still move. Chapter 3 · see Hybrid working

Explained in Chapter 3, Probation, Duties, Place and Hours of Work, of Employment Contracts.

How it comes up, in Chapter 3
Esme may also ask to change how she works. This is a flexible working request. Every employee has been able to make one from the first day of a job since April 2024.
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