Flexible working

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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