The Children and Families Bill would provide new entitlements for employees relating to the right to request flexible working.
Provisions include, but are not limited to:
Clauses 101-102 make changes to the circumstances in which an employee can make a request for flexible working, and to the procedure which employers must follow on receipt of such a request.
MPs are particularly interested in your comments on the practical implications of specific clauses of the Bill. Please make clear whether your comment relates to a specific clause.
Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor from
via Flexible Working – UK Parliament.
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