Flexible Working Request Letter (UK) (Acas)
Updated 13 October 2025
This template allows an employee to formally request a change to their working pattern, such as reducing hours or working from home. It is designed to be a statutory flexible working request, outlining the current arrangement and the desired new one. The template guides the employee to provide necessary details for their employer.
Flexible Working Request Letter (Template)
[date]
Dear [recipient name],
I am writing to make a statutory flexible working request.
Use either A or B
A I have not made any previous statutory flexible working requests.
B I have previously made a statutory flexible working request / statutory flexible working requests on [previous request dates].
My current working pattern is [give details, for example the days, hours, times and place you work].
I would like to [give details of the change you would like to make to your working pattern].
For example:
reduce my hours from 35 to 30 per week
work from home 2 days per week
start at 7 and finish at 3, instead of working from 9am to 5pm
I would like this change to start from [start date].
The reason I want this change is [give details].
I look forward to your reply.
Yours sincerely,
[employee name]
About this template
What is this template?
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