FLEXIBLE WORKING REQUESTS WEBINAR
The National Employment Standards (NES) provides a right for employees to request flexible working arrangements in certain circumstances. New changes have strengthened this right to request flexible work for employees under the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) from 6 June 2023 in three key ways:
There are now expanded circumstances when employees may request flexible working arrangements, with employees who are pregnant and employees experiencing family and domestic violence now included in the expanded categories of workers who are able to make a request for flexible work.
There are proscribed steps which employers need to follow when responding to a request for flexible work, including providing a written response within 21 days to the employee about whether the request for flexible work is accepted or refused.
New requirements that enable the Fair Work Commission to deal with disputes arising from requests for flexible working arrangements, empowering the Commission to make binding orders in certain circumstances.
Want to know more about these changes? Join us on the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI) National Webinar on Wednesday 12 July to hear us share practical tips and strategies employers can put in place to effectively respond to requests for flexible work. The webinar is FREE for AHRI members.
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