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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.


    • Agency workers
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    Petition calls for rethink on NHS agency staff ban

    by Rob Moss 19 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 19 Aug 2025

    Petition calling on government to stop plan to ban agency staff in NHS attracts thousands of signatures.

    • Hybrid working
    • Civil Service
    • Local authorities

    Public sector remote working drops dramatically

    by Jo Faragher 19 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 19 Aug 2025

    There has been a significant drop-off in remote and hybrid working in the public sector, according to data from software company Unit4.

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services

    PwC uses traffic-light monitoring for office attendance

    by Rob Moss 14 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 14 Aug 2025

    PwC uses traffic-light dashboard to monitor employees' attendance in the office, taking data from swipe cards and WiFi connections.

    • Hybrid working
    • Education
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Liverpool University strikes halted after hybrid working relaxed

    by Rob Moss 14 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 14 Aug 2025

    Unite union members at University of Liverpool vote to halt planned strike action today after hybrid working rules relaxed.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Return to office: the looming battle over where we work

    by Stuart Morrison 11 Aug 2025
    by Stuart Morrison 11 Aug 2025

    As many SMEs say “yes” to a return to the office, the BCC's Stuart Morrison discusses what it means for productivity and retention.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    One in 10 SMEs say staff have quit over office return

    by Rob Moss 6 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 6 Aug 2025

    BCC finds 9% of SMEs say employees have left because of requirement to return to the office or onsite working.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Web traffic 8% lower from 3pm on summer Fridays

    by Rob Moss 1 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 1 Aug 2025

    Broadband traffic on Friday afternoons during summer 8% lower between 3:00pm and 5:00pm compared to winter, as workers finish early.

    • Hybrid working
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Education - further and higher

    University staff to strike over hybrid working curbs

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Jul 2025

    Hundreds of Liverpool university staff are to stage additional strikes in their dispute over hybrid-working arrangements.

    • Hybrid working
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Employees voting with feet as return-to-office pressure increases – CIPD

    by Nic Paton 15 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 15 Jul 2025

    More than a million people have changed jobs because of a lack of flexibility, as half of UK employees feel...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    TUC launches inspections of workplaces for heat safety

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Jul 2025

    The TUC has organised a nationwide inspection of workplaces this week for heat safety, with more than 1,000 trade union health and safety reps signed up to take part.

    • Automation
    • Hybrid working
    • Offices

    How using data can transform return-to-office mandates

    by Matt Bailey 11 Jul 2025
    by Matt Bailey 11 Jul 2025

    Currently, many RTO policies primarily consist of a carrot and stick approach that combines incentives and potential penalties to help promote employee compliance. This will not work.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Stop chasing quick fixes: return to the office won’t rescue UK productivity

    by Daniel Snell 3 Jul 2025
    by Daniel Snell 3 Jul 2025

    The factors that are driving return-to-office mandates are less to do with productivity and more to do with investor pressure and the desire for more control.

    • Latest News
    • Flexible working
    • Four-day week

    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.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Shared parental leave
    • Latest News

    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.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Acas
    • 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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