Uptake of flexible and remote working has grown over the past few years and there could be an increase now that the right to request flexible working is a day-one right for employees in Great Britain.

As outlined in our guide on how to respond to flexible working requests it's important to manage requests properly.

This flowchart helps you to work through each step required to respond to an employee's formal request for flexible working.

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