Is a request to work outside of the UK covered by the statutory flexible working regime?

For further information about the right to request flexible working, generally, see Practice Note: Flexible working.

A right to request flexible working is essentially a right for an eligible employee to apply to their employer for a change to their terms and conditions of employment if the change relates to:

1. •

   the hours the employee is required to work

2. •

   the times when the employee is required to work

3. •

   where the employee is required to work, as between their home and a place of business of their employer

See section 80F(1)(a) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

While the Acas guidance on the types of flexible working suggests that the employee may request to work remotely other than from home (giving the example of working from a mixture