Statutory Compliance Made Simple: The Complete Flexible Working & WFH Policy Toolkit
What is it?
A comprehensive, 5-piece toolkit of editable templates designed to help UK employers manage and formalise the end-to-end process for:
Statutory Flexible Working Requests(contractual changes to hours, days, or location, compliant with UK legislation).
Discretionary Work From Home (WFH) Arrangements (non-contractual policy for remote working standards).
Who is it for?
✔ All UK Employers and HR professionals.
✔ Companies establishing or formalising a Work From Home policy.
✔ Businesses needing clear, compliant procedures for managing statutory flexible working requests.
✔ Managers and HR teams responsible for handling, approving, or refusing formal requests.
What it helps you do:
Establish a Statutory Procedure:Provides the necessary policy to outline the legal process for an employee to make a formal, contractual flexible working request.
Ensure Compliance: Guides you through the two-month statutory decision period and ensures you use only the eight legally permitted business grounds for refusal.
Document Invites & Outcomes: Supplies official letter templates to formally accept an approved request (leading to a permanent contractual change) or refuse a request (stating grounds and appeal rights).
Standardise Requests: Includes the official form for employees to submit their statutory requests, ensuring all necessary legal details are captured.
Set WFH Standards: Delivers a ready-to-use policy that sets out the principles, responsibilities, equipment, and security standards for non-contractual Work From Home arrangements.
What’s included:
Flexible Working Policy Template:Covers eligibility (day one right), the statutory procedure, eight grounds for refusal, and the appeal process.
Work From Home Policy Template:Details WFH principles, communication standards, equipment/expense responsibilities, and data security.
Flexible Working Request Form Template: The required form for an employee's statutory application.
Flexible Working Outcome Letter (Accept): Template to confirm an approved request and all contractual adjustments.
Flexible Working Outcome Letter (Decline/Alternative): Template for refusing a request, including the statutory business grounds and an option to propose an alternative arrangement.
Why choose U-HR templates?
Designed specifically for small businesses and everyday HR situations.
Simple, practical language with no legal jargon.
More affordable than solicitor-written policies.
Ready to download and customise instantly.
📎 Fully editable in Word
📎 Comprehensive toolkit
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