Acas consults on flexible working

The employment relations service Acas has launched a consultation on a Draft Code of Practice on the extended right to request flexible working.

Under the government’s proposals, announced in November last year, the right to request flexible working will be extended to all employees who have worked for their employer for 26 weeks or more. Employers are obliged to consider all requests in a reasonable manner.

The current statutory procedure will be repealed and the government has asked Acas to produce a Code of Practice to help businesses manage this new extended right.

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