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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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    • Coaching and mentoring

    Deloitte and PwC identify lockdown skills deficit among new recruits

    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023

    Recent graduates whose education was disrupted by lockdowns require additional coaching and mentoring to develop skills, say Deloitte and PwC.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Successful hybrid working ‘requires personalisation’

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 May 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 May 2023

    Successful hybrid working arrangements avoid getting caught up in policies and treat people as individuals, experts have said.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Being punctual is greatly overrated, finds research

    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023

    New research reveals what UK employees feel about being late, and suggests it’s time for businesses to loosen up.
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    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    How organisations can add the human touch to hybrid teams

    by Ian Brett 5 May 2023
    by Ian Brett 5 May 2023

    Given the popularity of hybrid work it's clear that companies will have to reconsider company culture to fit new realities.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Automation
    • Hybrid working

    Less than a quarter of firms are investing in tech, finds study

    by Adam McCulloch 4 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 4 May 2023

    Less than a quarter of companies in the UK are investing in technology to improve productivity and efficiency a new study by a US tech giant has shown.

    • Bank holidays
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Employees prefer flexible bank holiday time off

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    As the UK enters a month with three bank holidays, nearly three-quarters of UK workers are in favour of flexible bank holidays, new research has shown.

    • Parental bereavement leave
    • Written statement of employment particulars
    • Employment law

    MPs call for Employment Bill in King’s Speech

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Apr 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Apr 2023

    MPs urge the government to reconsider the need for an Employment Bill in the King's Speech.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Reasonable adjustments

    Disability: Making hybrid working accessible for all

    by Rachel Murray 17 Apr 2023
    by Rachel Murray 17 Apr 2023

    Hybrid working is often hailed as important for the inclusion of disabled employees, but it is only successful if organisations challenge themselves to do better.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    JPMorgan Chase tells leaders to spend more time in the office

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Apr 2023

    Managing directors must work in the office full time, JPMorgan Chase has told staff; Gartner warns against strict return to office policies.

    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Career development

    Gender pay gap: We need less ‘say’ and more ‘do’

    by Daisy Hooper 12 Apr 2023
    by Daisy Hooper 12 Apr 2023

    Closing the gender pay gap requires employers to take tangible action, and use their data to make a positive difference.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Non-office workers say flexibility is as important as pay

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Apr 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Apr 2023

    Nearly half of non-office based workers (46%) consider flexibility just as, or more important than pay.

    • Latest News
    • Education
    • Education - school

    Teacher vacancies are double pre-Covid levels

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Mar 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Mar 2023

    Report urges ministers to focus on initiatives to alleviate workloads and ways of mitigating the profession's lack of flexible work opportunities.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Hybrid working wellbeing benefits being overestimated

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Mar 2023

    Employers are overestimating the health and wellbeing benefits of hybrid working, according to research.

    • Childcare
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    CBI reveals principles to overcome UK labour challenges

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Mar 2023

    The CBI will set out new principles to boost productivity and overcome UK labour market challenges.

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    What Harpur Trust v Brazel means for holiday pay

    by James Cresswell 28 Feb 2023
    by James Cresswell 28 Feb 2023

    Up to 700,000 workers may benefit from an increased holiday entitlement following the Harpur Trust v Brazel Supreme Court judgment.

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