Weakening the right to request flexible working risks giving employers the green light to abandon family friendly practices, the TUC warned last month in its submission to the Government's 'modern workplaces' consultation.
The submission recognised the improvements to flexible working rights over the past decade and supported the proposal to extend the right to request flexible working to all workers. The right is currently only available to parents and carers of children aged under 17 and disabled children aged under 18.
However, the proposal to remove the minimum legal standards, which ensure that flexible working requests are given a fair hearing, in the Government's new universal right to request could weaken current flexible working rights and encourage employers to reject requests without proper consideration, the TUC warns.
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