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Flexible working

All employees with 26 weeks' service have the right to request a change to their hours, timing or location of work. Flexible working can improve productivity but it brings with it various issues for employers. Here we highlight our latest flexible working content, including guidance on how to handle flexible working requests, and other content on working from home, changing working hours, and the risk of discrimination claims.


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    100% success for latest large-scale four-day week trial

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Jul 2025

    Businesses that took part said they were able to maintain service levels and key performance indicators while observing several benefits for employee wellbeing.

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    • Shared parental leave
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    Top 10 HR questions June 2025: Redundancy consultation

    by Brightmine 2 Jul 2025
    by Brightmine 2 Jul 2025

    June's top 10 features employers' questions about when and how to carry out redundancy consultation.

    • Acas
    • Fire and rehire
    • Zero hours

    Government publishes ‘roadmap’ for Employment Rights Bill

    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 2 Jul 2025

    The government has published an ‘implementation roadmap’ for the Employment Rights Bill, confirming that, once the Bill has made it...

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    Four-day working: ‘We need to start treating people like the adults they are’

    by Alex Voakes 2 Jul 2025
    by Alex Voakes 2 Jul 2025

    Employer of record (EOR) provider Peak PEO has been moving to a four-day working week model since 2023 and introduced...

    • Hybrid working
    • Candidate experience
    • Competencies

    Employers struggling with soaring candidate deception

    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025

    Employers are struggling to cope with a deluge of identity fraud, false credentials, use of AI, and even undisclosed convictions...

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    • Latest News
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    Hybrid working trend continues to grow despite RTO mandates

    by Rob Moss 11 Jun 2025
    by Rob Moss 11 Jun 2025

    More than a quarter of people (28%) work hybrid, with the proportion rising for higher earners, according to Office for National Statistics.

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    • Mental health

    How to overcome loneliness in the digital workplace

    by Mark Leisegang 9 Jun 2025
    by Mark Leisegang 9 Jun 2025

    So much work happens virtually and via screens that employees increasingly report feeling lonely. Mark Leisegang examines how employers can...

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    • Latest News

    Employers must offer more flexibility to working carers, research shows

    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025

    Almost half (44%) of unpaid carers who work have found their mental and physical health has got worse since taking on caring responsibilities.

    • Nursery provision
    • Hybrid working
    • Stress

    Back-up childcare provision aids retention

    by Rob Moss 9 Jun 2025
    by Rob Moss 9 Jun 2025

    While 68% of workers say their employer is supportive of their family needs, this rises to 90% for those with back-up childcare.

    • Hybrid working
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    ‘Task masking’ is about poor management, not rebellion

    by Andrew Wood 2 Jun 2025
    by Andrew Wood 2 Jun 2025

    Task-masking is less about rebellion and more about a breakdown of trust, so how can managers address it?

    • Education
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Flexible working for teachers initiative extended

    by Rob Moss 23 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 23 May 2025

    More teachers could benefit from flexible working thanks to a successful initiative to help improve retention.

    • Hybrid working
    • Bonuses
    • Financial services

    HSBC employees warned of office attendance link to pay

    by Adam McCulloch 22 May 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 22 May 2025

    Staff at the finance giant have been warned via a memo that office attendance could lead to a pay cut via annual appraisals.

    • Offices
    • Hybrid working
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Fewer workers would comply with a return-to-office mandate

    by Jo Faragher 21 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 21 May 2025

    Less than half of UK workers would comply with a full-time return to office mandate, according to researchers at King’s...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Workers ‘wait and see’ as companies struggle to hire

    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2025

    Two-fifths of employers are struggling to hire despite an increase in unemployment, according to the latest Talent Trends report from Michael Page.

    • Mental health conditions
    • Latest News
    • Sickness absence management

    Four ways employers can reduce the risk of an always-on work environment

    by Dr Cheryl Lythgoe 14 May 2025
    by Dr Cheryl Lythgoe 14 May 2025

    With hybrid working and technology blurring the boundaries between home and work-life as never before, it is vital employers –...

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