by Rob Grinter, Mark David HR Ltd
There has been much media hype about the problems that extending the right to request flexible working will cause for employers. I don’t believe that this will be the case for most employers who have become accustomed to such requests from employees under previous legislation.
When the right to request flexible work was extended on 1st July 2014 some commentators predicted that there would be a deluge of applications from employees and employers would have little scope to refuse them without facing appeals and/or litigation. Read More →