As an employer, you need to know about flexible working. The law says you must ‘consider seriously’ requests to work flexibly from employees with a child aged 16 or under, a child with disabilities under 18 and employees looking after a dependant adult.
But in fact it may pay to consider offering flexible working to other employees as well.
This briefing covers:
- The different types of flexible working.
- Who qualifies to apply for flexible working.
- The procedures you must follow if you receive a request to work flexibly.
- What you need to do to introduce new working arrangements.
- Other legislation to be aware of.
