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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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    • Education

    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.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • 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 –...

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Senior execs at BlackRock to work in office five days a week

    by Adam McCulloch 8 May 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 8 May 2025

    The world’s largest asset manager BlackRock has told its senior staff to return to the office five days a week.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Employers urged to do more to tackle loneliness

    by Nic Paton 1 May 2025
    by Nic Paton 1 May 2025

    Employers are being urged to take a more active role in addressing loneliness inside and outside the workplace.
    Research from...

    • Benefits
    • Hybrid working
    • Age

    Post-pandemic starters seek more pay for on-site working

    by Jo Faragher 10 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 10 Apr 2025

    Younger workers who started work after the pandemic expect to be paid more to work in the office full time, according to a study by BSI and think-tank Respublica.

    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Fifth of flexible working requests denied one year on

    by Jo Faragher 7 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 7 Apr 2025

    A fifth of employees have had a flexible working request denied, with almost a third of these down to employers' fears about productivity. 

    • Fit for Work
    • Absence
    • Latest News

    Employers struggling to manage rising levels of sickness absence – poll

    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025
    by Nic Paton 7 Apr 2025

    Rising levels of sickness are taking a toll on many workplaces, research has suggested, with employers reporting increased absence affecting...

    • Hybrid working
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Latest News

    One in seven experience workplace abuse, finds major survey

    by Jo Faragher 2 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 Apr 2025

    More than one in seven UK employees have experienced some form of workplace abuse, according to a wide-ranging survey into...

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Remote working isn’t bad – it just needs optimising

    by Stephanie Kelly 1 Apr 2025
    by Stephanie Kelly 1 Apr 2025

    Stephanie Kelly argues that businesses should reappraise remote working to optimise collaboration and productivity among decentralised teams.

    • Anxiety
    • Hybrid working
    • Stress

    Hybrid workers less sick and less stressed

    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 28 Mar 2025

    Hybrid workers take fewer sick days, are less stressed, are more able to access regular health check-ups, and report better...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Dog owners more likely to want to work from home

    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025
    by Nic Paton 24 Mar 2025

    Dog owners are more likely to want to adjust their working hours and/or work from home so as to be...

    • Latest News
    • Finland
    • Flexible working

    Finland’s workplaces the key to top spot in World Happiness Index

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2025

    UK and US slip down the league as Finnish workplaces make a major contribution to the country's success in the World Happiness Index.

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