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<p>Flexible working benefits both employees and employers: it can enable people with
mental health issues to maximise their contribution at work and help employers to
retain and make use of their skills. The Government extended the Right to Request
Flexible Working to all employees with 26 weeks qualifying service in 2014, where
previously it applied only to employees with children and carers of certain adults.
The legislation strikes a balance between giving employees flexibility and giving
employers the certainty that they need to plan. Many employers agree flexible working
arrangements with employees outside the statutory framework. I would encourage employers
to be open to flexible working options when recruiting, and to make this visible when
advertising jobs.</p><p>Our health and welfare systems need to reflect the benefits
that work can bring and offer the opportunity to work for all those who can, help
for those who could, and care for those who cannot. Our recent green paper <em>Work,
Health and Disability: Improving Lives</em> reflects our ambitious approach to work
and health.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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