Manager’s guide
The manager's guide to flexible working requests
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The manager's guide to flexible working requests
Every employee can ask for flexible working from their first day. What a request can cover, the two-month process, the eight business reasons for refusal, and what changes in 2027.
What you will learn
- The right to request flexible working
- What a request can cover
- Making a statutory request
- The two-month process
- Consult before you refuse
Written by Elodie Cosette, Head of Insights
Written for managers,
not lawyers.
Inside the guide
11 short chapters
Read it in one sitting, or jump to the part you need today.
01The right to request flexible working
02What a request can cover
03Making a statutory request
04The two-month process
05Consult before you refuse
06The eight business reasons
07What changes in 2027
08If a request is refused or mishandled
09Handling a request well now
10Getting flexible working right
11How Jamie HR helps
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