Subject	Predicate	Object
3PX74Oxl	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	rH4SyOEk
	answer has answering person	Kevin Paul Hollinrake
	answer text	<p>The Government response to the “making flexible working the default” consultation was published on 5 December 2022. It sets out that the Government will make the right to request flexible working a ‘day one’ entitlement, by removing the existing 26-week qualifying period. This change will be delivered through secondary legislation, using existing powers in the Employment Rights Act 1996.</p><p>We are committed to introducing this change alongside the measures included in the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill, which is currently progressing through Parliament.</p>
	answer given date	2023-04-17
	answer has answering body	Department for Business and Trade
	written answer has answering body	Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade	answering body has written answer	3PX74Oxl
Department for Business and Trade	answering body has answer	3PX74Oxl
rH4SyOEk	question has answer	3PX74Oxl
Kevin Paul Hollinrake	answering person has answer	3PX74Oxl