Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+

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.


    • 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.

    • Hybrid working
    • Anxiety
    • 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...

    • Finland
    • Latest News
    • 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.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News

    Disabled workers disadvantaged by return-to-office mandates

    by Jo Faragher 13 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 13 Mar 2025

    Return-to-office mandates could disadvantage more than a million disabled workers, according to new research.

    • Hybrid working
    • Change management
    • Coronavirus

    Five years on: how has work changed since the pandemic?

    by Jo Faragher 12 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 12 Mar 2025

    Five years since the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 pandemic, how has the workplace changed?

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Workspace flexibility: Optimising your office needs for purpose

    by Lucinda Pullinger 11 Mar 2025
    by Lucinda Pullinger 11 Mar 2025

    As businesses optimise their office use, Lucinda Pullinger explores workspace flexibility and the art of finding the right mix for staff. 

    • Stress
    • Hybrid working
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    People feel less comfortable to ‘be themselves’ at work

    by Jo Faragher 11 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 11 Mar 2025

    There has been a decline in how ‘safe’ people feel at work, according to a new study by Mental Health First Aid England and Henley Business School.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Most workers think meaningful office attendance is fair

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 5 Mar 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 5 Mar 2025

    Most UK employees believe it’s fair for employers to expect in-person working when it adds real value to the business.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Return to the office: Gartner highlights the risks for recruitment

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Feb 2025

    Are return to office mandates too high a risk for firms? More than half of employees believe that their location should not matter as long as they meet work expectations.

    • Hybrid working
    • Civil Service
    • Latest News

    Civil service boss: three days in office is ‘about right’

    by Jo Faragher 26 Feb 2025
    by Jo Faragher 26 Feb 2025

    Sir Chris Wormald, head of the civil service, has told MPs that he thinks a requirement to spend three days a week in the office is ‘about right’.

    • Civil Service
    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News

    Civil servants say three days in office reduces productivity

    by Rob Moss 25 Feb 2025
    by Rob Moss 25 Feb 2025

    FDA survey of civil servants' hybrid working arrangements shows almost two-thirds believe three days in the office is damaging productivity.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    How HR can help to rebuild routine

    by Ed Johnson 24 Feb 2025
    by Ed Johnson 24 Feb 2025

    While the pandemic brought many positive changes to the world of work, it has also led many employees to lose their sense of structure and routine.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Nine in 10 workers required to be in office more

    by Jo Faragher 17 Feb 2025
    by Jo Faragher 17 Feb 2025

    Almost nine in 10 workers in the UK are now required to come into the office more days each week, according to data from Virgin Media O2.

Newer Posts
Older Posts

  • AI is here. Your workforce should be ready. SPONSORED | From content creation...Read more
  • Preparing for a new era of workforce planning (webinar) WEBINAR | Employers now face...Read more
  • 2025 Employee Communications Report PROMOTED | HR and leadership...Read more
  • Prioritising performance management: Strategies for success (webinar) WEBINAR | In today’s fast-paced...Read more
  • Retaining Female Talent: Four Ways to Reduce Workplace Drop Out PROMOTED | International Women’s Day...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2025

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2025 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+