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.
Should we rethink our working hours to boost productivity?
UK employees work on average two-and-a-half weeks longer than their EU counterparts over the course of a year, new analysis...
Why it’s time to compel all employers to publish parental policies
Recent research claimed that top employers’ parental policies are “invisible”, and a number have now publicly committed to publishing their...
Better working conditions needed to improve chef retention
Chef training and working conditions need to be reformed to help restaurants retain the estimated 10% of chefs that leave...
‘Hop-desking’: BrewDog launches remote working initiative
Many remote workers frequently take advantage of coffee shops’ free wi-fi and power outlets but now pubs are trying to...
‘Business lacks transparency over parental support’
LinkedIn has claimed to have revealed evidence of a “disconnect” between employers and employees over the issue of flexible work, as most working parents feel their employers are not fully open about their parental policies.
Sharp decline in UK employee confidence
Employee confidence in the UK business environment has slumped, according to global research company Gartner.
BNY Mellon’s flexible working policy review: what can HR learn?
Last week US bank BNY Mellon informed its employees it was “pausing” a review of its policies that allow them...
Apprenticeships should be opened up to single parents
Most single parents are being locked out of apprenticeships because of a lack of part-time opportunities and the difficulty of supporting children with such low pay.
Major bank reverses its working from home ban
The world's largest custodian bank and asset servicing company, the Bank of New York Mellon, has halted its plan to stop all 50,000 of its staff across the world from working from home.
How Lloyds Banking Group built agile working into recruitment
Offering flexible working may not be enough to attract and retain talent in today’s job market – agile working needs...
Rudd wants to increase disabled workers target
Amber Rudd has announced that she will review the government’s target of getting one million more disabled people in work...
HR professionals feature highly in list of power part-timers
HR professionals make up seven of the entries in this year’s Timewise Power 50 – a list of the UK’s...
Labour party pledges day-one flexible working right
Employees would have the right to request flexible working from day one of their employment under a Labour government, with ...
How to make home working a success
When Dolly Parton sang about working 9 to 5 in 1980, the song reflected most employees’ regular office hours. Brian Hall looks at how things have changed in the past 40 years and asks if working from home always works?
Acas chief: What will employees look for from work in 2019?
Faced with an uncertain economy and little control over external events, employees seek fairness and “good work”. Susan Clews, the...
