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What does Flex mean to you?

In a flexible world, everyone works differently and for different reasons, and so for this year’s National Work Life Week, we’re asking people to share – what does flexible working mean to you? 

Tell us what flex means to you!

  • Changes to Your Employment Terms and Fire and Rehire (4 articles)

    Has your employer tried to change your working hours or location without your consent? Is your employer undertaking a fire and rehire programme? Here is our advice on how to deal with imposed changes.

  • Childcare Support (14 articles)

    Find out more about accessing financial support for childcare.

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) (1 articles)

    FAQs about coronavirus and your employment rights, and what financial support might be available.

  • Discrimination as a Parent/Carer (8 articles)

    Understand what to do if you have been treated unfairly because you are pregnant, have a new baby, are caring for a dependant or exercised one of your statutory parental rights.

  • General Advice on Your Rights at Work (7 categories)

    Information to help you understand your rights at work. Practitioners may also find the information on our Employment Tribunal pages useful.

  • Employment Tribunals and Bringing a Claim (5 categories)

    Resources for bringing an employment tribunal claim, including what you need to know before bringing a claim, the key steps, getting information from your employer, negotiating a settlement and examples of claims.

  • Flexible Working and Working Hours (11 articles)

    Would you like to change your working hours or have more flexibility? Are you unable to make your hours work around childcare? These pages give advice on your right to request flexible working, how to negotiate, a template request letter, what to do if your request is refused and much more. 

  • Parents and carers of dependants with a disability (6 articles)

    Information and resources for people who work or wish to work and have caring responsibilities for dependants with a disability. You might also want to visit the Contact website for further advice and support for families about raising a child with additional needs.

  • Pregnancy and Maternity (4 categories)

    Your rights during pregnancy and maternity leave, including returning to work and discrimination.

  • Redundancy, Restructuring and TUPE transfer (9 articles)

    Are you facing redundancy? Is your employer restructuring the business? Have you been made redundant whilst on or shortly after maternity leave? Is your job being TUPE-transferred?

  • Statutory Family Leave and Pay (4 categories)

    Understand your rights to leave and pay for fathers, non-birth partners, and those adopting or having a baby through surrogacy.

  • Time Off for Parents and Carers (8 articles)

    Information on rights to take Time off for Dependants, unpaid Parental Leave and Parental Bereavement Leave for parents and carers.

  • Toolkit for parents (2 articles)

    If you’re expecting a new child in your family, you probably have lots of questions about maternity leave and pay, benefits, paternity rights and rights to request flexible working. Our popular factsheets summarise the information you are most likely to need at this crucial time, as well as parents of older children.