Can my employer extend time limits for giving notice and attending meetings in a flexible working application?

If you or your employer are having difficulty meeting the deadlines for giving notice or attending meetings, you can agree to extend these time limits. In that case, your employer must keep a written record specifying the period of time to which the extension relates and the date on which the extension will end. They must also send you a dated copy of this record.

There is also an exception where your manager or another person who would normally consider your flexible working request is absent from work or on sick leave on the day you make your application. If so, the 28 day period for your employer to set up a meeting with you does not start to run until the day on which this person returns to work or 28 days after you make the application, whichever is the sooner.