Flexible Working - Guidance for Employers
With the new school year, employers may find themselves faced with requests from employees for flexible working arrangements to enable parents to accommodate any changes in childcare arrangements. Below is some guidance on how employers should deal with such requests.
Statutory right to request flexible
working
In order for an employee to make an application for
flexible working, he or she must:
- have 26 weeks’ service at the date of the
application
- care for a child who is aged 16 or under, or under
18 if disabled
- be either the mother, father, partner or spouse of
the child’s mother or father, adopter, guardian,
foster parent or carer and have responsibility for the upbringing of the child.