Employees can ask for flexible working from day one

Key Facts

• Image source, Getty Images Employees will be given the right to ask for flexible working from their first day at a new job, the government has proposed.
• New legislation will mean that workers will not have to wait for 26 weeks to seek flexible arrangements, as set out under the current law.
• The government also wants to introduce laws that make it easier for people on low incomes to get a second job.
• The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said that if an employer can not accommodate a request to work flexibly, it would have to discuss "alternative options" before rejecting it.

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