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Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023

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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.