Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023
Section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (flexible working: right to request contract variation) is amended as follows.
In subsection (2)—
at the end of paragraph (a) insert “and”;
omit paragraph (c) and the “and” preceding it.
For subsection (4) substitute—
Section 80G of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (flexible working: employer’s duties in relation to application) is amended as follows.
In subsection (1), after paragraph (a) insert—
In subsection (1B)(a), for “three months” substitute “two months”.
The amendments made by this section apply in respect of— regardless of when the employment, contract or other arrangement (as the case may be) began.
an employee’s entitlement, on or after the coming into force of this section, to make an application under section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996, and
any such application made on or after the coming into force of this section,
On or after the coming into force of this section, in any determination of the number of applications made under section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 by an employee during a period of 12 months, any such application made before that coming into force (and during that period) is to be included.
This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland.
Section 1 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.
This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.
This Act may be cited as the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023.