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<p>All employees with 26 weeks’ continuous service with their employer already have
the right to request flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>In 2021, the government consulted
on measures that would further support the uptake of flexible working arrangements,
including whether to extend the right to request flexible working to employees from
their first day of employment. The consultation is now closed, having received over
1,600 responses. We will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also
pleased to be supporting the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill introduced
by the Hon. Member for Bolton South East, which passed Second Reading on 28 October.</p>
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