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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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    Black and disabled jobseekers looking for flexibility hits record high

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 30 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 30 Jan 2025

    The number of black and disabled workers looking for flexible employment reached record levels last year, according to a new analysis.

    • Hybrid working
    • USA
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    Federal employees offered 8 months’ pay to resign

    by Rob Moss 29 Jan 2025
    by Rob Moss 29 Jan 2025

    Almost all federal employees have until 6 February to decide whether to resign, as Donald Trump reduces government headcount.

    • Hybrid working
    • Age
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Exclusive: What attracts each generation to a job?

    by Rob Moss 29 Jan 2025
    by Rob Moss 29 Jan 2025

    Research lays bare what is most important for each generation when finding a new job, with company reputation deemed as “crucial” for most.

    • Four-day week
    • Flexible working
    • Work-life balance

    200 employers commit to permanent four-day week

    by Jo Faragher 27 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 27 Jan 2025

    Two hundred UK companies have now signed up for a permanent four-day working week, according to the 4 Day Week Foundation.

    • Latest News
    • Employment contracts
    • Family-friendly working

    Storm Éowyn: Five common employer queries about severe weather

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Jan 2025
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Jan 2025

    Employers' questions on pay, attendance and childcare that are likely to arise during severe weather.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
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    Office attendance linked to positive employee wellbeing

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Jan 2025

    There is a positive link between workplace attendance and wellbeing, with three or four times a week being the ideal number of in-office days.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Ex-M&S and Asda boss slams working from home

    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2025

    Lord Stuart Rose, former boss of Asda and Marks & Spencer, has decried working from home as 'not doing proper work'.

    • Hybrid working
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    WPP staff petition against four-day office return

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Jan 2025

    Staff at advertising giant WPP launch a petition ahead of the introduction of a four-day office return policy.

    • Hybrid working
    • Career development
    • Latest News

    Covid career starters called to help ‘hybrid generation’ inquiry

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Jan 2025

    Workers who started their careers during Covid are being urged to help with an inquiry into the “hybrid generation”.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Call for flexible working to support staff amid new weather warnings

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025

    The CIPD is urging employers to offer flexible working provisions as more weather warnings are issued across the UK.

    • Local authorities
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Second jobs at four-day council ‘nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch’

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025

    The situation at South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is described as “nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch”

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Physical environment

    Advertising giant WPP demands return to office

    by Jo Faragher 8 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 8 Jan 2025

    Advertising giant WPP has informed its employees that they will have to return to the office for at least four days a week from April.

    • Hybrid working
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Nationwide chief: women miss out when they work from home

    by Jo Faragher 2 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 Jan 2025

    Women could be missing out on career opportunities if they are not present in the office, the chief executive of Nationwide has claimed.

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    • Flexible working

    Childcare and flexible working: proof it can be done

    by Euan Cameron 28 Dec 2024
    by Euan Cameron 28 Dec 2024

    Some frontline sectors such as childcare are often assumed to be 'too difficult' to implement flexible working. But almost any profession can embrace it.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    How does hybrid working affect workplace culture?

    by Gary Cookson 19 Dec 2024
    by Gary Cookson 19 Dec 2024

    As debates continue about on site versus remote, how does hybrid working impact workplace culture?

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