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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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    More than a fifth feel isolated working from home

    by Nic Paton 2 Nov 2021
    by Nic Paton 2 Nov 2021

    More than a fifth of employees feel being isolated in a home office during the pandemic has had a negative...

    • Hybrid working
    • Change management
    • Coronavirus

    Top 10 HR Questions October 2021: Reluctant returners

    by Brightmine 1 Nov 2021
    by Brightmine 1 Nov 2021

    How should employers deal with employees reluctant to return to the workplace?
    Government advice in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales...

    • Hybrid working
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    • Flexible working

    Businesses should rethink ‘work-life balance’ finds Glassdoor

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Oct 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Oct 2021

    There is no clear consensus among UK employees on what constitutes a good work-life balance, finds Glassdoor.

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    Employers turn down half of flexible work requests from working mothers: survey

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Oct 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Oct 2021

    TUC and Mother Pukka survey finds 50% of working mothers have experienced their employer rejecting or only accepting part of their flexible working request.

    • Hybrid working
    • Civil Service
    • Latest News

    Civil servants to face renewed push to return to office

    by Jo Faragher 11 Oct 2021
    by Jo Faragher 11 Oct 2021

    Civil servants could face a fresh push to return to their desks this week after renewed calls from Whitehall against...

    • Offices
    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services

    Rise of hybrid working sees City firm cancel £10m office move

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Oct 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Oct 2021

    Wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin abandons plan to move into new City offices.

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • Occupational Health

    Could universal OH be the key to Covid recovery?

    by Nic Paton 1 Oct 2021
    by Nic Paton 1 Oct 2021

    At best, only half of UK workers have access to occupational health support. With the Covid-19 pandemic illustrating the need...

    • Childcare
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    • Employment tribunals

    BA cabin crew member denied flexibility to help with childcare wins £38k

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Sep 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Sep 2021

    A British Airways cabin crew member who was denied the ability to work set days to assist with childcare has...

    • Hybrid working
    • Carers
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Day-one right to request flexible working consultation confirmed

    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Sep 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Sep 2021

    A consultation seeks views on making the right to request flexible working avaialble from an employee's first day at work.

    • Hybrid working
    • Carers
    • Disability

    Flexible approaches to open up work to 4 million

    by Jo Faragher 22 Sep 2021
    by Jo Faragher 22 Sep 2021

    Flexible and hybrid working could open up the jobs market to almost four million people, research from the Centre for...

    • Hybrid working
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Automation

    Technology is changing OH, and there’s more to come

    by Dr Julian Eyears 20 Sep 2021
    by Dr Julian Eyears 20 Sep 2021

    Artificial intelligence and machine learning are already transforming the delivery of healthcare, including within occupational health. The good news, argues...

    • Hybrid working
    • Employment law
    • Legal sector

    Proposals for day one right to request flexible working expected ‘shortly’

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Sep 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Sep 2021

    Proposals expected in response to explosion of flexible working arrangements put in place during Covid pandemic.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Office etiquette: time to stamp out pandemic ‘bad habits’?

    by Ian Moore 17 Sep 2021
    by Ian Moore 17 Sep 2021

    Employees who have spent the past 18 months working from home may have developed some bad habits that won’t be...

    • Hybrid working
    • Employee engagement
    • Evidence-based management

    How can employee experience tools inform hybrid working?

    by Brian Berns 15 Sep 2021
    by Brian Berns 15 Sep 2021

    As more organisations reveal their plans for hybrid working, many will be considering how they truly measure productivity. Analysis of...

    • Hybrid working
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Hybrid working: managing loneliness and isolation

    by Malcolm Tullett 15 Sep 2021
    by Malcolm Tullett 15 Sep 2021

    The mantra for our ‘new normal’ will need to be ‘out of sight, front of mind’, argues Malcolm Tullett.

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