8 Jun 2005

As an employer, you need to know about flexible working. The law says you must ‘consider seriously’ requests to work flexibly made by an employee who is a parent with a child under six or a disabled child under 18.

But in fact it may pay you 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 under the law.
• The procedures you must follow if a request to work flexibly is made.
• What you need to do to introduce new working arrangements.
• Other legislation to be aware of.

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