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Fast Flexi The requirement for 26 continuous weeks in the job before entitlement can arise to make a flexible working application disappears on 6 April 2024. It will be possible for an employee to apply from the moment they have donned their new uniform, tasted their first brew or drafted their first credit hire claim form. The Flexible Working (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1328) are responsible for abandoning the minimum employment duration condition. Alongside them, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 will be brought fully into force and supported by an Acas-drafted revised code of practice, which has recently been published.
Unpaid leave reward for carers The Carer’s Leave Act 2023 came fully into force on 4 December 2023 through SI 2023/1283. By way of amendment to the Employment Rights Act 1996, it gives employees who are unpaid carers the statutory right to up to five days’ unpaid leave a year in support of their caring responsibilities. Regulations are required to get it going.
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