Sky News is reporting that the 26-week qualifying period to be permitted to make a Flexible Working Request will be removed within days. This change was long overdue and accelerated by the pandemic, but the report makes it clear the right will remain a toothless right to "request" - rather than any actual right to flexible working.
Millions of workers will be given a 'day one' right to request that their employer allows them to work flexibly under government proposals to be published within days, Sky News learns.