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UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 3198

Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023

[As Introduced]
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This Act makes it easier for UK employees to ask their employer for flexible working arrangements. It strengthens workers' rights to request changes to their working pattern, and employers must seriously consider these requests rather than simply refusing them.

Presented by Yasmin Qureshi
supported by Baroness Taylor of Bolton.
✓ Passed into lawHybridLords
Official Ballot · The People's Chamber

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The people's count15 votes
100% Aye · 150% No · 0
MPs' votePassed without division
No division called, Third Reading carried on the voices.

Bill passage

Commons

  • 1st reading15 Jun 2022
  • 2nd reading28 Oct 2022
  • Committee stage7 Dec 2022
  • 3rd reading24 Feb 2023

Lords

  • 1st reading27 Feb 2023
  • 2nd reading19 May 2023
  • 3rd reading14 Jul 2023
Royal Assent20 Jul 2023