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Last updated 10 April 2025
Overview of flexible working
A flexible working arrangement is a variation to the standard full-time working pattern in your department. Flexible working might involve reducing your working hours or working them to a different pattern or in a different location.
Examples of flexible working include:
- part-time working
- staggered working hours which may include an early or late start or finish, or allowing a long break in the middle of the day
- term-time only working
- working from home (including hybrid working patterns)
Employees may request a temporary or a permanent change to their working hours. Most applications for flexible working are made informally by agreement between employee and line manager. However, there is a formal flexible working scheme.
Applications are subject to approval by line managers.