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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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    Flexible Working Bill receives strong support from MPs

    by Ashleigh Webber 31 Oct 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 31 Oct 2022

    A bill that seeks to enhance employees’ right to flexible working has received broad support from MPs during its second...

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    Flush away your troubles with hybrid work

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Oct 2022

    Although the backlash against working at home from the likes of Jacob Rees-Mogg and Alan Sugar has receded, now researchers...

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    Flexible Working Bill to be debated today

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Oct 2022

    If passed, the Bill will give employees a day-one right to request flexible working.

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    Report recommends office space ‘sweet spot’ for productivity

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Oct 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Oct 2022

    A new report finds that the office space 'sweet spot' for productivity and wellbeing is 10-12m² per worker.

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    Half of bosses agree with home worker monitoring

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Oct 2022

    New research from the CIPD finds leaders open to the idea of using software to monitor employees.

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    Personalised wellbeing the way forward in hybrid working world

    by Nic Paton 18 Oct 2022
    by Nic Paton 18 Oct 2022

    Employers need to be putting in place tailored, personalised wellbeing solutions if they are serious about tackling mental and emotional...

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    European report highlights hybrid working challenges

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Oct 2022

    Companies across Europe are struggling to reconcile the desire to attract people into in-person work while offering the flexibility to attract talented applicants.

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    Employers must encourage flexible working to retain over 50s

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Oct 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Oct 2022

    To curb the exodus of over 50s, organisations should have flexible working in place, a digital community has said.

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    Power cuts: what are the HR issues?

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Oct 2022

    With power cuts a possibility this winter, employers could be facing yet another major business continuity challenge.

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    Can cities attract workers back to the office? Jace Tyrrell talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 7 Oct 2022
    by Chris Taylor 7 Oct 2022

    What is the future for global city centres? Chris Taylor talks to Jace Tyrell about the impact hybrid working has had.

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    Vast majority want to continue working from home

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Oct 2022

    New data suggests that workers currently working to a hybrid routine overwhelmingly want to retain the option to work from home.

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    Top 10 HR questions September 2022: additional bank holidays

    by Brightmine 1 Oct 2022
    by Brightmine 1 Oct 2022

    Last month's most popular HR questions focused on the impact of an extra bank holiday for the Queen's state funeral.

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    Can we monitor remote workers?

    by Rachel Tozer 29 Sep 2022
    by Rachel Tozer 29 Sep 2022

    With civil servants under pressure to be present at the office, there have been reports that some employees’ computer use...

    • Hybrid working
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    Inflating pay to attract talent ‘not enough’ warns CIPD

    by Rob Moss 27 Sep 2022
    by Rob Moss 27 Sep 2022

    CIPD resourcing report warns that offering better salaries is unsustainable and that flexibility and career development are increasingly important.

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    Managers distrust employees who work from home, reveals Microsoft

    by Jo Faragher 23 Sep 2022
    by Jo Faragher 23 Sep 2022

    Bosses worry that employees working from home aren’t being as productive as they could be, while workers believe the opposite, according to new research from Microsoft.

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