Flexible working

Ministers risk driving ‘good people’ out of Whitehall with their criticism of working at home, the first civil service commissioner...

Tesco and office space firm IWG team-up to trial a scheme in a suburban London supermarket.

The government has been accused of breaking its promises to improve workers’ rights, as the employment bill was excluded from...

If Alan Sugar is enjoying raging about hybrid working, he'll really love reading the latest happiness at work findings… 

Entrepreneur and celebrity Alan Sugar has dismissed PriceWaterhouseCoopers' decision to give workers Friday afternoons off throughout summer as a ‘bloody joke’.

Between 1 June and 31 August, the PwC's 22,000 staff will be able to stop working at lunchtime.

Staff at law firm Stephenson Harwood can choose to permanently work from home with less pay.

Employers are reporting that home and hybrid working has improved productivity, but one in four still want staff to be in the office. 

Education secretary Nadhim Zahawi tells MPs he didn't know why his department's staff had the highest stay-at-home rate among civil servants.

As hybrid working is frowned upon by Jacon Rees-Mogg, research suggests executives spend more time working from home than the employees they are urging to return to the office.

A national push for a shorter work week would help reduce inequality and improve worker wellbeing, productivity and social cohesion, according to an academic study.

Employers have been urged to ensure their working carers policies reflect the breadth of responsibilities that different groups face.

Greater flexible working could open up employment opportunities for 1.3 million people in the UK who have caring responsibilities, disabilities and those living in rural areas, according to a study.

It won’t be long before work in the metaverse becomes part of daily life, according to some predictions. But this...

Supporting young workers' wellbeing has become ahallenging as remote and hybrid working becomes commonplace. Firms need to consider induction and other processes.