Great Britain: government presents plan to extend the right to flexible work

on September 30th: parents of children under 18 will be allowed to ask their employer for flexible working arrangements from next April. This is a first step towards the possible extension of this right to all employees, since the government is planning a consultation on this much more ambitious subject. (Ref. 100695)

Extension. 300,000 people will benefit this new right: as of April 2011, parents of children aged 18, working for the same employer for over 26 weeks, will be entitled to reque