Flexible working | Acas

Flexible working arrangements can be used to change when, where or how someone works.

There are many different types of flexible working and it can have lots of benefits. For example attracting staff and improving work-life balance.

Advice

What flexible working is. How to make and respond to requests. Policies.

How employers can use flexible working in their organisation.

How to ask to work from home or change when you go to the workplace.

Why employers need a policy. What goes in it. What to consider.

How managers can support staff. Managing and monitoring performance. Keeping in touch.

Making a statutory flexible working request.

Acknowledging a statutory flexible working request. Confirming next steps.

Confirming a decision on a statutory flexible working request.

Creating a flexible working policy.

The minimum standards an employer should follow for statutory flexible working requests.