Flexible Working Policy and Documents

These documents are designed to help employers handle flexible working requests in a clear, consistent, and legally compliant way.

They cover the full process, from the employee’s request through to the employer’s decision and any appeal, and also include documents for agreed working arrangements.

When to Use Flexible Working Request Documents

Use these documents where an employee asks to change their working hours, working pattern, or place of work.

They include a Flexible Working Policy and supporting letters to help employers manage requests properly and keep a clear written record at each stage.

Flexible Working Procedure and Key Stages

This collection supports the main stages of the process, including:

• the employee’s Flexible Working Request Letter;
• acknowledgement and consideration of the request using the Flexible Working Request Acknowledgement Letter;
• checking whether the Ineligibility to Request Flexible Working Letter is needed;
• the employer’s Flexible Working Decision Letter;
• refusal where justified; and
• any appeal.

Statutory Procedure for Flexible Working Requests

The law sets out a statutory procedure that must be followed where an eligible employee makes a flexible working request.

These documents are designed to support that procedure and help employers deal with requests in a structured way.

Employer Refusal of a Flexible Working Request

An employee may have the right to ask for flexible working, but there is no automatic right to have the request accepted.

If an employer refuses a request, the reason for refusal must be one of the statutory business grounds. The Flexible Working Rejection Letter helps employers record that refusal in writing.

Flexible Working Policies, Letters, and Agreed Arrangements

As well as core policy and procedure documents, this collection includes documents for term-time working and flexi-time arrangements.

That makes it useful both for handling formal requests and for documenting flexible working arrangements once agreed.

• Flexible Working Policy
• Term-time Working Policy
• Flexible Working Request Letter
• Flexible Working Request Acknowledgement Letter
• Ineligibility to Request Flexible Working Letter
• Flexible Working Decision Letter
• Flexible Working Rejection Letter
• Flexible Working Appeal Letter
• Flexible Working Appeal Decision Letter
• Flexi-Time Employment Offer Letter
• Flexi Time Employment Contract

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