Family experts have urged the government to review legislation barring employees from negotiating flexible working hours, and to take a more strategic approach to funding relationship support.

The calls to action were made at the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) seminar, Knowing Families, and will form the basis of a report which ministers will be asked to respond to over the summer.

817 grey Ministers Urged to Review Flexible Working Legislation

Sarah Jackson, chief executive of charity Working Families, urged ministers to look at removing the 26-week barrier “so that people with children and care responsibilities can get the flexibility they need from day one”.

Source: CYP Now