Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 28

28 Decision about request for flexible working arrangements

(1) The employer may decide to—

(a) grant the request; or

(b) grant the request in part or subject to conditions; or

(c) refuse the request.

(2) The employer may grant the request in part or subject to conditions, or refuse the request, only on reasonable grounds.

(3) The employer must give the employee written notice about its decision within 21 days after receiving the request.

(4) If the employer decides to grant the request in part or subject to conditions or to refuse the request, the written notice about the decision must state—

(a) the written reasons for the decision, outlining the reasonable grounds for granting the request in part or subject to conditions or for the refusal; and

(b) that the commission has jurisdiction to hear and decide a dispute over the request under chapter 6 .