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The proposed study attempts to explore the impact of Flexible Work Policies (FWP) on Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment and Retention of the employees working in the organizations of India, with Employee Engagement being the mediating variable. With the rise of flexible working arrangements like telecommuting, hybrid work schedule, flexitime and compressed work week adopted by Indian organizations post the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to find out the effect of such policies on the attitudes of the employees and retention intention. A quantitative and cross sectional research method will be employed in the study, with a structured questionnaire survey carried out among employees from different sectors in India. The data obtained will be subjected to statistical analysis using descriptive statistics, reliability test, correlation, multiple regression and SEM to analyze the relationship among the variables considered in the study. The results of the study are anticipated to prove that the adoption of flexible work policies by the organizations increases the engagement of employees that result in better job satisfaction, commitment and retention intention of the employees, whereas the flexible work policies directly affect the three outcomes. This paper is based on Social Exchange Theory and Work/Family Border Theory and illustrates the concept of organizational flexibility being paid back in terms of positive attitudes of employees and lower intentions to leave the organization. It will be hoped that the current study will add value to the existing knowledge about human resource management by providing a comprehensive framework of relations between flexible working policies and several factors at once and give practical recommendations for Indian firms.