FLEXIBLE
WORKING
Parents with children aged under 6 or disabled children aged under
18 have the right to request a flexible working pattern and their employers have a duty to consider their applications seriously. To check your rights and responsibilities, or those of your
employees, use the TIGER interactive
website.
Guidance giving information on the right to request
Flexible
working: The right to request and the duty to consider: guidance for employers
and employees (PL520) 
(322Kb) [Welsh version
(384Kb)]
Detailed
guidance on the right to request
Flexible
working: The right to apply: a basic summary (PL516)
A
short guide for employers and employees
(PL516
is also available in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Greek, Gujarati,
Hindi, Punjabi, Somali, Turkish, Urdu and Vietnamese).
Flexible
working: Best practice forms
Best
practice forms to help employees make an application and employers handle requests for
flexible working
Printed
copies of these guidance documents and the forms are available from the DTI
Publications Orderline
Common questions asked by employers
and employees about the
law.
Other
guidance for employers
Business
Link: Small firms factsheet
(170Kb)
A short guide for employers on the right to request
Case
studies
Getting
it Right: Improving work-life balance in your business
(1.58Mb)
Guide showing how 11 businesses have successfully introduced flexible employment
patterns
Flexible
Working: The Business Case
(1Mb)
Document of case studies featuring 50 flexible working success stories from
a range of companies
Work-Life
Balance
Information
and case studies showing how businesses can benefit from flexible working
Legislation
The
right to request flexible working and the duty to consider legislation is
provided through the Employment
Act 2002
There
are two sets of regulations accompanying the primary legislation:
Procedural
Requirements
Eligibility,
Complaints and Remedies
Monitoring
For information on how the working parent laws
introduced on 6 April are being monitored, click here.
[Information in Welsh
is also available.]
Information
on other rights for working parents
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