The Women and Equalities Committee recommended that all jobs should be available to work flexibly unless the employer can demonstrate why not; and that the government should encourage flexibility at the point of recruitment.
The committee called for
– all jobs to be available to work flexibly unless the employer can demonstrate an immediate and continuing business case against
– that the Right to Request should be extended, to allow those working less than full time the opportunity to work more hours (as noted above, the existing law had always allowed for this)
– government to encourage both flexible working and flexible hiring
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmwomeq/584/584.pdf