47 Flexible working
Employment Act 2002 (2002 c 22) | Legislation

47  Flexible working

(1)     The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c 18) is amended as follows.

(2)     After Part 8 there is inserted—

“Part 8A
Flexible Working

80F Statutory right to request contract variation

(1)     A qualifying employee may apply to his employer for a change in his terms and conditions of employment if—

(a)     the change relates to—

(i)     the hours he is required to work,

(ii)     the times when he is required to work,

(iii)     where, as between his home and a place of business of his employer, he is required to work, or

(iv)     such other aspect of his terms and conditions of employment as the Secretary of State may specify by regulations, and

(b)     his purpose in applying for the change is to enable him to care for someone who, at the time of application, is a child in respect of whom he satisfies such conditions as to relationship as the Secretary of State may specify by regulations.

(2)     An application under this section must—

(a)     state that it is such an application,

(b)     specify the change applied for and the date on which it is proposed the change should become effective,

(c)     explain

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