The Act makes amendments to the provisions in part 8A (sections 80F and 80G) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to:
introduce a requirement for employers to consult with the employee before rejecting their flexible working request;
allow an employee to make two statutory requests in any 12-month period (rather than the current one request);
reduce the decision period within which an employer is required to administer the statutory request from three months to two months; and
remove the requirement that the employee must explain in the statutory request what effect the change would have on the employer and how that might be dealt with.
Overview of the Act