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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. tried to test the limits of the more flexible approach, asking if a senior employee allowed to pick the music in a workplace was a supervisor.
Across the Atlantic, Gordon Brown's Labour government is putting more teeth into the "Right to Request" flexibility legislation, which empowers parents of children up to age six to ask for flexible scheduling, and ensures that employers consider these requests.
At job fairs, he said, younger employee candidates frequently ask about flexible work arrangements.
"If you're working towards a promotion, you would never ask for flexible hours" is another.
The survey, by YouGov, found men and women shared a reticence to ask about flexible working.
The rights affected are basic unfair dismissal, redundancy, including statutory payments, and the right to ask for flexible working.
"People have the right to ask for flexible working arrangements already, so there is no need to enshrine this in law".
She also advocated an extension of the right of parents of young children to ask for flexible working to include those looking after elderly relatives.
They can ask for flexible start times, for example, or the right to close the office door if they are distracted by noise.
