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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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    Furlough scheme may cause workplace divisions

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Apr 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Apr 2021

    Furloughed employees show significant reduction in wellbeing, personal confidence, job satisfaction and commitment to their employers, finds new research.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Employees look to avoid snooping employers

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Apr 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Apr 2021

    About a quarter of UK employers (24%) said they would leave their job if they felt their privacy was being invaded.

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Workers seek vaccine before return to work

    by Jo Faragher 14 Apr 2021
    by Jo Faragher 14 Apr 2021

    Almost three-quarters of workers in the UK would feel more comfortable returning to work if others around them are vaccinated...

    • Hybrid working
    • Climate emergency
    • ESG

    Sustainability ‘should be factored into remote working decisions’

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Apr 2021

    Employers must factor environmental impact into their decisions around hybrid working.

    • Hybrid working
    • Stress
    • Latest News

    Give remote workers right to disconnect, urges union

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Apr 2021

    According to Prospect, two-thirds of remote workers want to see a new “right to disconnect” enshrined in law.

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Government in discussions about social distancing at work

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 Apr 2021

    Ministers are consulting with businesses around how they can bring employees back into offices en masse in a safe manner.

    • Hybrid working
    • Change management
    • Financial services

    Nationwide Building Society: Why we decided staff could work from home

    by Peter Crush 9 Apr 2021
    by Peter Crush 9 Apr 2021

    We now see almost daily announcements from companies allowing staff to work from home. But when an 180-year-old building society...

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Financial services

    JP Morgan cuts office space and warns of Brexit relocation

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Apr 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Apr 2021

    Annual letter to shareholder reveals concerns over UK's future; Archbishop of Canterbury condemns Goldman Sachs over long hours.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    1,200 HSBC employees to work permanently from home

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Apr 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Apr 2021

    HSBC acts on results of employee survey but nearly a third opt to work in offices at least some of the time.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Employee engagement

    Financial services workers call for flexibility

    by Jo Faragher 7 Apr 2021
    by Jo Faragher 7 Apr 2021

    More than half of employees in financial services would like to see changes to their working week post-Covid, according to a survey.

    • Hybrid working
    • Civil Service
    • Latest News

    Flexible working hubs to be offered to civil servants

    by Peter Crush 6 Apr 2021
    by Peter Crush 6 Apr 2021

    A national network of ‘hybrid offices’ is to be set up for civil servants to allow them to work more flexibly.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Remote working job ads jump 233%

    by Rob Moss 6 Apr 2021
    by Rob Moss 6 Apr 2021

    The number of roles advertised as ‘remote working’ in the UK jumped to almost 78,000 in February.

    • Stress
    • Bank holidays
    • Mental health

    How should employers deal with the holiday conundrum?

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2021

    With millions rolling over annual leave in the hope of holiday later in the year are firms storing up problems for themselves, particularly as burnout takes its toll?

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Coronavirus

    Google plans return to office from September

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Apr 2021

    Google has announced it is aiming to get more employees back into its offices from September.

    • Business performance
    • Corporate governance
    • Employee engagement

    Personnel Today Awards 2021 opens for entries

    by Personnel Today 31 Mar 2021
    by Personnel Today 31 Mar 2021

    HR and L&D teams wishing to celebrate the successes of the past year can begin their journey towards receiving the recognition they deserve from today.

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