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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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    Microlearning: How to engage ‘digital natives’ in a hybrid world

    by Sarah Marshall 10 Jan 2022
    by Sarah Marshall 10 Jan 2022

    How can organisations adapt their approach to online L&D to ensure it engages with employees when they already live highly digital lives?

    • National living wage
    • Right to work
    • Hybrid working

    Employment law in 2022: Eight action points for HR

    by Brightmine 24 Dec 2021
    by Brightmine 24 Dec 2021

    As well as continuing to deal with workplace issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, there will be many other important...

    • Hybrid working
    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News

    Training and mental health the biggest challenges of hybrid working

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Dec 2021

    New analysis prior to Plan B measures points to training and management of more junior employees as major challenge for mid market firms using hybrid working.

    • Case law
    • Coronavirus
    • Employment law

    What does 2022 have in store for HR?

    by Beverley Sunderland 14 Dec 2021
    by Beverley Sunderland 14 Dec 2021

    More cases will start to work their way through the overburdened tribunal system which directly relate to the pandemic – around furlough, redundancy, vaccinations and workplace returns.

    • Stress
    • Hybrid working
    • Conditions

    Digital overload, long hours and isolation – welcome back to home working

    by Nic Paton 13 Dec 2021
    by Nic Paton 13 Dec 2021

    As workers are this week once being encouraged to work from home ‘if you can’, research has highlighted that an...

    • Stress
    • Hybrid working
    • Anxiety

    OH urged to step up support during Covid ‘plan B’ measures

    by Nic Paton 10 Dec 2021
    by Nic Paton 10 Dec 2021

    Occupational health professionals are being urged to be proactive in helping employers make the transition to the government’s ‘plan B’...

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • Occupational Health

    Study to gauge impact of home working on employees with disabilities

    by Nic Paton 9 Dec 2021
    by Nic Paton 9 Dec 2021

    An academic from Coventry University is leading a project to investigate how the shift to working from home we’ve seen...

    • Case law
    • Collective bargaining
    • Coronavirus

    The 10 most important employment law cases in 2021

    by Brightmine 8 Dec 2021
    by Brightmine 8 Dec 2021

    Despite the coronavirus pandemic, HR professionals have had their fair share of employment law rulings to keep track of in...

    • Hybrid working
    • Legal sector
    • Latest News

    Virtual law firms see 38% jump in recruitment

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2021

    Decentralised law firms benefit from the 'work anywhere' ethos and boom in online meetings.

    • Hybrid working
    • Change management
    • Latest News

    Flexible Working Taskforce offers hybrid working advice

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Dec 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Dec 2021

    Employers should engage with staff, managers, trade unions and employee representatives to understand the early lessons of hybrid working if...

    • Hybrid working
    • Change management
    • Employee engagement

    Hybrid working, attrition and culture: The role of HR post-Covid

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Dec 2021

    HR must work with business leaders, managers and partners to develop successful hybrid working cultures after being thrust into the...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Seven in 10 HR managers support greater flexible working

    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Dec 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 1 Dec 2021

    Seven in 10 HR professionals want to see greater flexible working in their organisations, and many feel it would be...

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • Health and safety

    Omicron: Employers react to concerns over new variant

    by Jo Faragher 29 Nov 2021
    by Jo Faragher 29 Nov 2021

    Employers are rethinking working arrangements and plans for Christmas parties in light of a new Covid variant having emerged in...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Labour market

    Refusing flexible work to employees costs UK firms £2bn

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Nov 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Nov 2021

    A new report has forecast that a 50% increase in flexible working could result in a net economic gain of £55bn for the entire economy, while creating 51,200 new jobs.

    • CIPD
    • Zero hours
    • Latest News

    Work is becoming more secure, finds CIPD

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Nov 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Nov 2021

    Work is becoming more secure but more action is needed to enforce employment rights and improve job quality for all,...

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