Plans to increase parents’ rights to ask for flexible working hours are to be “reconsidered,” according to a Government spokesperson.
Plans to extend paid maternity and paternity leave are also under threat as the new Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is reconsidering all new regulations in the light of the economic downturn.
The flexible working scheme was due to be extended to 4.5m parents of children up to the age of 16 from next April.
At the moment the right to ask for flexible working is limited to parents whose children are under six or disabled.
The extension was announced earlier this year following the recommendations of an independent review.
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Plans to increase parents’ rights to ask for flexible working hours are to be “reconsidered,” according to a Government spokesperson…..