Petition Make flexible working requests available to all with presumption of approval

Give employees the right to request flexible working from day 1 of employment and create a presumption in favour of flexible working by placing the burden on employers to demonstrate that a role is unsuitable for flexible working, including part-time hours, annualised hours and job sharing.

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Under current legislation, workers do not have the right to request flexible working until they have completed 26 weeks of service. There is currently no obligation to accept a request and these can be rejected for a number of reasons.

The current legislation causes a substantial barrier to many groups such as; women, carers and those with disabilities. As many roles only consider applicants that can work full time.

A day 1 right would remove this barrier and help to remove the gender pay gap.

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40 signatures

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Date closed 10 November 2021
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