{"id":1829,"date":"2022-01-17T04:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T04:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uk.legalvision.com.au\/?p=1829"},"modified":"2022-06-02T01:44:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T00:44:27","slug":"employees-flexible-work-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalvision.co.uk\/employment\/employees-flexible-work-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am an Employer. Are My Employees Entitled to Flexible Work Arrangements in England and Wales?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When your employee has responsibilities away from the workplace, they may make a flexible working request with you. This flexibility will enable your employee to attend to these responsibilities, such as childcare, whilst attending to their work obligations in a way that is slightly different from what is standard. It is important to work with your employees whenever possible to promote a productive workforce and have good employment relations. However, there are rules regarding when your employee is legally entitled to make a request for flexible working arrangements and how they should do so. There are also rules concerning how you should respond to a request for a flexible work arrangement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is critical that you understand the law around flexible working arrangements for employees, because where an employee disagrees with your decision, they may take further action. This could be formal action such as a grievance or a claim to an employment tribunal.<\/span> This article will explain what flexible working means, examples of flexible working arrangements, and the rules around flexible working requests in England and Wales.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Flexible Working?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If an employee makes a flexible working request, they are asking for changes to the usual pattern they work. This could mean that they are asking to:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n