Flexible working arrangements involve the employee adapting their work organisation to individual needs, including through: remote working, flexible working time schedules (e.g. flexible working hours or individual work schedules), and part-time working.

An employee raising a child, until the child reaches the age of 8, may submit an application on paper or in electronic form for flexible working arrangements to be applied to them. The application shall be submitted not less than 21 days before the planned start of the use of flexible working arrangements.

The application must include:

• the full name and date of birth of the child,
• the reason for the need to use flexible working arrangements,
• the start and end date of the use of flexible working arrangements,
• the type of flexible work organisation that the employee plans to apply.

The employer shall examine the application taking into account the needs of the employee, including the timing and the reason for the need for flexible working arrangements, as well as the needs and capacities of the employer, including the need to ensure the normal course of work, the organisation of the work or the type of work performed by the employee.

The employer shall inform the employee, either on paper or electronically, of the granting of the application or of the reason for refusing to grant the application, or of a different possible date for the application of flexible working arrangements than that indicated in the application, within 7 days of receipt of the application.

An employee using of flexible working arrangements may at any time apply on paper or in electronic form for return to their previous working arrangements before the deadline indicated in the application, when this is justified by a change in the circumstances on the basis of which the employee is able to use flexible working arrangements.

The employer, after examining the application, taking into account the needs of the employee and the employer’s options, shall inform the employee of the granting of the application or of the reason for refusing to grant the application or about the possible date of return to work, within 7 days from the date of receipt of the application.