The Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
6th April 2007
12th April 2007
3rd May 2007
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 80F(1)(b) and 80F(10) of the Employment Rights Act 1996(1).M
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Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into force on 3rd May 2007.
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Amendment of the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002
The Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002(2) are amended as follows.
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In Regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1) in the definition of “relative”—
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after “step-son,” insert “son-in-law,”;
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after “step-daughter,” insert “daughter-in-law,”.
6th April 2007
Jim Fitzpatrick
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for
Employment Relations and Postal Services
Department of Trade and Industry
These Regulations amend the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3236) (“the 2002 Regulations”) which prescribed the employees eligible for the statutory right to request a contract variation, provided for under Section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”). The 1996 Act was amended by the Work and Families Act 2006 to extend the scope of the right to employees caring for certain adults. The 2002 Regulations were amended by the Flexible Working (Eligibility, Complaints and Remedies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (“the 2006 Regulations”) to prescribe the categories of adult in respect of whom a qualifying employee may make a statutory request, and to make certain other related amendments.
These Regulations supplement the 2006 Regulations and insert two further categories of adult in the definition of “relative” which had been intended to be included in the 2006 Regulations.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits of the 2006 Regulations, which was prepared on the basis of the inclusion of these two categories of adult, has been placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament. Copies are available to the public from the Employment Relations Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET. The Assessment is also accessible at the Directorate’s website on www.dti.gov.uk/files/file35189.pdf.
