New laws that come into effect from 6th April as part Employment Rights (Flexible Working) Act 2023 now give employees more opportunities to request flexible working conditions.

As of April 6 2024, employees in the UK will gain the right to request flexible working arrangements from day one of a new job, thanks to the government’s Employment Relations (Flexible Working) ...

With some organisations demanding staff return to work in offices, what rights do housing professionals have to request flexibility and home working? Employment solicitor Jane Bowen explains ...

From April 2014, this right to request flexible working will be extended to cover all employees who have been with their employer for 26 weeks or more, widening the pool of people who could ...

It’s important to remember that flexible working isn’t simply about working fewer hours. It’s also about working full-time on a more flexible basis – compressed hours, different start or finish times ...

On Monday, the government’s Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill officially passed through parliament, presenting a golden opportunity for employees to advocate for a four-day work week from ...

1. Ignore flexible working requests at your peril. Claims can arise if the employer ignores the flexible working request altogether. In Clayton Brown v Cumbria County Council, the employment tribunal ...

The appeal takes note that since 2014, every employee in the UK has possessed the right to request flexible working from their employer, but nearly nine million workers still said that they did ...

Flexible working should be the default position for all employees, rather than it being up to individuals to request. That is the call from Conservative MP Helen Whately, who introduced a flexible ...

Estate agent Alice Thompson hit the headlines when she successfully sued her employer for refusing her flexible-working request to leave work an hour early to pick her daughter up from nursery. An ...

From April 2014, this right to request flexible working will be extended to cover all employees who have been with their employer for 26 weeks or more, widening the pool of people who could ...