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Flexible working

Making a flexible working request

How to make a flexible working request. For employees.

Responding to a flexible working request

How to respond to your employee's flexible working request, while following the law. For employers and managers.

Flexible working policy template

Example policy including how flexible working requests are handled.

Acas Code of Practice on flexible working requests

The minimum standard of fairness that workplaces should follow.

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