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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.


    • Hybrid working
    • NHS
    • Coronavirus

    Exclusive: NHS pay, culture and resourcing – Jeremy Hunt talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 28 May 2021
    by Chris Taylor 28 May 2021

    Jeremy Hunt talks about the proposed 1% NHS pay deal, among other things.

    • Compassionate leave
    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus

    Five potential HR holiday dilemmas this summer

    by Stephen Simpson 26 May 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 26 May 2021

    As restrictions on international travel ease, Stephen Simpson highlights five potential annual leave issues that employers could face this summer...

    • Hybrid working
    • Change management
    • Coronavirus

    Trust and common sense are key to flexible working

    by Sarah Jackson 26 May 2021
    by Sarah Jackson 26 May 2021

    While complex theories abound about the best approaches to flexible working, employees themselves simply apply common sense.

    • Hybrid working
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    How chief people officers can lead change post-pandemic

    by Catherine McDermott 26 May 2021
    by Catherine McDermott 26 May 2021

    Catherine McDermott suggests how chief people officers should be meeting staff wellbeing needs as we emerge from the pandemic.

    • Hybrid working
    • Legal sector
    • Latest News

    Employers urged not to discriminate against home workers

    by Adam McCulloch 18 May 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 18 May 2021

    Lawyers warn over risk of discrimination against home workers; affluent suburbs have highest proportion working at home, ONS finds.

    • Hybrid working
    • Career development
    • Latest News

    Virtual appraisals: overcoming the common constraints

    by Nikki Squire 18 May 2021
    by Nikki Squire 18 May 2021

    Appraisals can be daunting for both appraiser and appraisee, but they can be especially challenging when they are held virtually.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Daniel Kahneman: how ‘noise’ damages decisions

    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2021

    Why we should use the return to the workplace as an opportunity to implement radical change and get to grips to poor decision-making.

    • Hybrid working
    • Conditions
    • Cardiac

    Long working hours leading to heart disease and stroke

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 May 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 May 2021

    Long working hours has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths due to heart disease and stroke, particularly among men and middle-aged or older workers.

    • Benefits
    • Hybrid working
    • Offices

    Dog-friendly offices: Will workplaces become full of ‘puppy love’?

    by Adam McCulloch 14 May 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 14 May 2021

    Are offices ready for a canine invasion, or is it a case of the tail wagging the dog (the only cliche or pun used in this article)? What could possibly go wrong...

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Work from home advice could be scrapped on 21 June

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2021

    Boris Johnson has said the government is likely to scrap its work from home advice on 21 June if its roadmap out of lockdown goes to plan.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Legal sector

    Wellbeing is for leaders too: HR and the ‘hokey cokey’ office

    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2021

    Leaders' own wellbeing is crucial if the right decisions are to be made in HR as the hybrid working era gets under way.

    • Hybrid working
    • Stress
    • Coronavirus

    Hybrid working could backfire because of fatigue

    by Jo Faragher 13 May 2021
    by Jo Faragher 13 May 2021

    Organisations that fail to execute hybrid working well could end up asking for all employees to return to the office.

    • Hybrid working
    • Change management
    • Employee engagement

    How the FSCS transformed its culture

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2021

    The Financial Services Compensation Scheme's chief people officer David Blackburn – HR Director of the Year 2020 – talks to Ashleigh Webber.

    • Hybrid working
    • Absence
    • Latest News

    Writing a hybrid working policy: a guide for HR

    by Stephen Simpson 12 May 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 12 May 2021

    What should HR professionals consider when writing their hybrid working policy? How should it be structured and what can it contain?

    • Acas
    • Hybrid working
    • Dispute resolution

    Acas: Conflict costs employers almost £30bn a year

    by Jo Faragher 11 May 2021
    by Jo Faragher 11 May 2021

    Workplace conflict costs UK employers £28.5bn a year, according to a new report from conciliation service Acas.

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