Quick Polls
64% in favour of right to request flexible working from day 1 20 June 2018
The Prime Minister, the Women and Equalities Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee have all recommended in one form or another that the right to request flexible working should exist from the first day of employment.
Many other organisations have also made this call, including Carers UK, Age UK and the Young Women’s Trust who all said there should be a statutory right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
The CIPP recently ran a quick poll asking:
Do you support the recommendation that the Flexible Working Regulations 2014 be amended to ensure the right to request flexible working exists from the first day of employment?
Of the 314 responses to our poll:
• 64% said they are in favour of this change; 22% of which said it should happen regardless of industry sector and the other 42% said it should happen but only if the type of industry can accommodate it; • 30% of respondents voted no, the regulations should not be amended; and • the remaining 6% were undecided.
Current regulations give employees the right to request flexible working once every 12 months. The employer is not required to accept, but it must handle the request “in a reasonable manner”. To become eligible for this right, however, the employee must first complete 26 weeks of continuous employment.
The Government had already announced that it intends to review the Flexible Working Regulations in 2019 with a view to making any changes for 2020-21.
Flexible working is high on the government’s agenda, not only from Matthew Taylor’s Review of Modern Working Practices but also as it is one of the key initiatives to help end gender discrimination in the workplace and reduce the gender pay gap.
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Quick poll on Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) 27 June 2018
If the LEL were removed so that employees earning either below the LEL or between the LEL and the rate of SSP were eligible for SSP, would changes need to be made to payroll systems?
Yes, minor change Yes, major change
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