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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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    Hybrid working – building an inclusive and collaborative culture (webinar)

    by Brightmine 20 Aug 2021
    by Brightmine 20 Aug 2021

    ON-DEMAND | Victoria Lewis deals with the numerous challenges posed by hybrid working to teamwork, informal collaboration, diversity, coaching and mentoring, and performance management.

    • Hybrid working
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Could we see Google-style pay cuts in the UK?

    by Simon Whitehead 19 Aug 2021
    by Simon Whitehead 19 Aug 2021

    As Google looks to review the wages of its homeworking staff in the US, could we see the same happen...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Employers should have to ‘opt out’ of any ‘right to disconnect’

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Aug 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Aug 2021

    Employers should have to demonstrate they have a good reason for ‘opting out’ of any right to disconnect legislation that's introduced, a report has proposed.

    • Benefits
    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News

    Lower pay for home workers ‘unfair and illogical’

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Aug 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Aug 2021

    Research finds the average UK salary would be £6,000 higher if it had increased at the same rate as commuting in the past 10 years.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    CIPD chief slams government’s ‘mixed messages’ on homeworking

    by Jo Faragher 11 Aug 2021
    by Jo Faragher 11 Aug 2021

    Peter Cheese has joined the ranks of those accusing the government of sending out mixed messages over working from home.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Hybrid working: Could a home office loan be the next big perk?

    by Eddie Flanagan and Grace Strawford 11 Aug 2021
    by Eddie Flanagan and Grace Strawford 11 Aug 2021

    Despite a few exceptions, organisations see the benefits of moving to blended working patterns in the post-pandemic world. But what...

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Financial services

    Office space enquiries surge but pace of recovery remains uncertain

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Aug 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Aug 2021

    Serviced office giant IWG says it has seen strong demand for hybrid working solutions and was cautiously optimistic about the rest of the fiscal year.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Flexible working is ‘here to stay’ confirms minister as mixed messages emerge from Tories

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2021

    Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said flexible working was in accordance with government policy and would continue after the pandemic.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Discrimination

    Lawyers warn of rise in indirect discrimination claims from home workers

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Aug 2021

    A surge in legal disputes has been predicted by UK lawyers because of a tendency for people working from home...

    • Hybrid working
    • Civil Service
    • Latest News

    Cabinet minister suggests pay cut for civil service home workers

    by Jo Faragher 9 Aug 2021
    by Jo Faragher 9 Aug 2021

    Unnamed minister said ‘If people aren’t going into work, they don’t deserve the terms and conditions they get if they are going into work.‘

    • Hybrid working
    • Employee engagement
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Sharp divisions emerge between leaders and workers over employee experience

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Aug 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Aug 2021

    Research finds organisations' leaders are more likely to believe they are working in a culture of flexibility than employees.

    • Hybrid working
    • USA
    • Financial services

    Amazon delays office staff’s return to the workplace

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Aug 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Aug 2021

    Office staff were originally due back on 7 September, but the online retailer has announced a new date of 3 January 2022.

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • Employee engagement

    How can we prevent employee fatigue levels increasing?

    by Brian Kropp 4 Aug 2021
    by Brian Kropp 4 Aug 2021

    Brian Kropp considers how organisations can ensure fatigure doesn't continue to be an issue as they move to hybrid working.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Legal sector

    Large rise in lawyers who want to work flexible hours

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Jul 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Jul 2021

    Almost two-thirds of the UK’s lawyers now want to work flexible hours compared with less than a quarter before the Covid pandemic.

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Labour would legislate on flexible working

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2021

    Employers would have a duty to offer compressed hours and flexibility around caring duties under new Labour proposals.

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