Government decision due on flexible working rights

The Government is to decide whether to postpone the planned extension of the right to ask for flexible working rights, currently available to parents of children aged under six, to parents of under-16s.

On Wednesday it closed its consultation on this issue and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) will soon publish its response.

Business secretary Lord Mandelson announced last month that the Government would look “afresh at the costs and benefits” ... (173 more words)

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