Part 6AB Flexible working short-term for people affected by family violence
69ABObject of this Part
The object of this Part is to—
- provide employees who are people affected by family violence with a
statutory right to make, or to have made on their behalf, a request for a short-term (2-month or
shorter) variation of their working arrangements (including any additional terms that need
variation), for the purpose of assisting the employees to deal with the effects on the employees of
being people affected by family violence; and
- require an employer to deal with a request as soon as possible but not later than 10 working days
after receiving it; and
- provide that an employer may refuse a request only if proof of
family violence is required and not produced, or the request cannot be
accommodated reasonably on certain non-accommodation grounds; and
- if an employer does not deal with a request in accordance with this Part, provide for reference of
the matter to a Labour Inspector, mediation, or the Authority.
Notes
- Section 69AB: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Domestic Violence—Victims' Protection Act 2018 (2018 No 21).
- Section 69AB(a): amended, on , by section 259(1) of the Family Violence Act 2018 (2018 No 46).
- Section 69AB(c): amended, on , by section 259(1) of the Family Violence Act 2018 (2018 No 46).