Workplace and Environment

Flexible working acceptance letterIf, following a consultation meeting, you're happy to accept an employee's flexible working request, or you reach an agreed compromise with them at the meeting for an alternative flexible working arrangement, then y... Read more

Flexible working appeal - invitation to appeal meetingIf you reject an employee's request for a flexible working arrangement, it is good practice to allow them to appeal the decision and, if they do appeal, to arrange a meeting with them to discuss it... Read more

Flexible working rejection letterIf you wish to reject an employee's flexible working request, you must provide one or more genuine business reasons for the refusal and you should set out any additional information which is reasonable to help exp... Read more

Flexible working request - invitation to meetingUse our letter to arrange a meeting with your employee to discuss their formal request for flexible working. However, there's no need to arrange a meeting if you're happy to agree to the employee's reques... Read more

Homeworking policyWith an increasing trend towards homeworking arrangements, if you grant this benefit to any of your staff, whether on a part-time or full-time basis, you need to ensure you set out in the staff handbook how the scheme will operate ... Read more

Ineligible for flexible working letterAn employee is ineligible to request flexible working if they've already made two statutory flexible working requests in the previous twelve months or they have a live request which is still in progress. Our lette... Read more

Letter confirming flexible working request withdrawnUse this letter when an employee has withdrawn their statutory flexible working request. It also enables you to notify an employee that their flexible working request is being treated as withdr... Read more

Letter confirming trial flexible working arrangementAt the end of a flexible working trial period, you will either wish to confirm or revoke it, according to whether it's been successful or not. Use our letter confirming trial flexible working arrange... Read more

Letter reminding employee of flexible working arrangement termsSome employees think that a flexible working arrangement is precisely that: the right to come and go exactly as they please! If they're not keeping to its terms, you need to set them strai... Read more