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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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    Authenticity at work: Is it really ‘all about me?’

    by Mike Thackray 9 Jun 2022
    by Mike Thackray 9 Jun 2022

    Experts are constantly telling us that inclusion and belonging come from authenticity. But what does this actually mean?

    • Latest News
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    • Flexible working

    Four-day week trial begins today

    by Jo Faragher 6 Jun 2022
    by Jo Faragher 6 Jun 2022

    Around 70 companies will begin a trial of a four-day week today (6 June) in what is thought to be the biggest pilot of its kind.

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    • Right to work
    • Coronavirus

    Top 10 HR questions May 2022: Bank holidays

    by Brightmine 1 Jun 2022
    by Brightmine 1 Jun 2022

    With the Platinum Jubilee long weekend, last month's most-asked questions include queries about bank holidays, annual leave, sickness, and more...

    • Hybrid working
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    Hybrid working will ‘never be perfect’, finds report

    by Ashleigh Webber 31 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 31 May 2022

    A Leeds University Buisness School report offers some tips for developing hybrid working policies and highlights the trade-offs.

    • Hybrid working
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Hybrid working: How did we get to where we are?

    by Gary Cookson 30 May 2022
    by Gary Cookson 30 May 2022

    Although we often describe the shift to remote working in March 2020 as an overnight phenomenon, a host of factors...

    • Hybrid working
    • Automation
    • Latest News

    Davos 2022: Upskilling workers necessary to overcome business challenges

    by Adam McCulloch 26 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 26 May 2022

    Job experts from Capgemini, the EU and global recruitment tell delegates in Davos that employers need to confront demographic challenges if they are to tackle a lack of skills.

    • Hybrid working
    • Stress
    • Financial services

    Burnout afflicts finance sector despite hybrid working

    by Adam McCulloch 26 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 26 May 2022

    According to research there is a risk of an upcoming exodus from the financial sector amid increasing rates of burnout.

    • Employment law
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    Maternity leave: Cost of living crisis highlights need for support

    by Sarah King 25 May 2022
    by Sarah King 25 May 2022

    Those on maternity leave may worry about the rising cost of living. How can HR help?

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Inflation

    Employees resigning in 2022: Survey shows ‘great resignation’ not over

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 May 2022

    Research suggests the so-called 'great resignation' is showing no signs of abating.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Hybrid working trends: ONS data on where people work

    by Rob Moss 23 May 2022
    by Rob Moss 23 May 2022

    Three months after 'Freedom Day’ and Covid restrictions were almost entirely scrapped, the ONS releases data on where people are working.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • HR transformation

    Adapt culture to hybrid work: do not force a return to offices, says Gartner

    by Adam McCulloch 20 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 20 May 2022

    Hybrid working challenges culture but failure to adapt will cost firms talented staff and lost productivity.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    City workers desert offices in favour of hybrid working

    by Jo Faragher 20 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 20 May 2022

    Hybrid working in the city: just 14% of City workers consider the office to be their main place of work, according to a YouGov survey.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Working from home statistics show three-fold increase

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 May 2022

    Working from home statistics released by the TUC show more people than ever are working remotely, but there are regional disparities.

    • Benefits
    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Lack of flexibility pushes half of women to consider leaving job

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 May 2022

    More than half of women say a lack of flexibility at work has pushed them to leave or consider leaving a job, according to LinkedIn research.

    • Stress
    • Hybrid working
    • Anxiety

    Workers feeing increasingly anxious, burnt out and fearful about cost of living

    by Nic Paton 13 May 2022
    by Nic Paton 13 May 2022

    Mental health in the workplace, anxiety, burnout and worries about the rising cost of living have all been firmly in the spotlight during Mental Health Awareness Week this week (from 9-15 May).

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