Work & Business guide

Make a flexible working request

Write a clear statutory flexible working request, suggest how it could work for your employer and know what to do if the answer is no.

Estimated time: 45–90 minutesUpdated: 28 September 2026

Use this guide if you would like to change your hours, times or place of work, such as working part-time, compressed hours or from home. Have your contract, any workplace flexible working policy and a clear idea of the pattern you want.

Step by step

  1. Check your right to ask

    In Great Britain, employees have the right to make a statutory flexible working request from their first day of employment. You can make up to two statutory requests in any 12-month period. Check GOV.UK and your employer's policy for the current rules and process.

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