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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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    • Flexible working

    Lloyds gives branch staff permanent home working option

    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Dec 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 4 Dec 2020

    Lloyds Banking Group is seeking volunteers who want to transition from branch roles to permanent home working roles in 2021....

    • Collective redundancy
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Acas

    Top 10 Covid-related claims employers could face in 2021

    by Stephen Simpson 4 Dec 2020
    by Stephen Simpson 4 Dec 2020

    The Government’s furlough scheme, large-scale redundancies, safe working concerns and the rise of flexible working will have a big impact...

    • Coronavirus
    • Employee engagement
    • Legal sector

    Will Covid spell the end of hierarchy? 

    by Peter Crush 2 Dec 2020
    by Peter Crush 2 Dec 2020

    In sectors steeped in the value of hierarchy, will we see a more fluid approach in the post-Covid world?

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • Manufacturing

    Unilever to trial four-day week

    by Rob Moss 1 Dec 2020
    by Rob Moss 1 Dec 2020

    Unilever is to begin a year-long trial of a four-day week at its offices in New Zealand with the aim...

    • Shielding
    • Artificial intelligence
    • STEM

    Personnel Today Awards 2020 winners: NHS praised for Covid response

    by Personnel Today 27 Nov 2020
    by Personnel Today 27 Nov 2020

    NHS England and Improvement has been crowned the overall winner at this...

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
    • CIPD

    HR’s role in redesigning the future workplace

    by Philippe Gomes and Marine Fournier 27 Nov 2020
    by Philippe Gomes and Marine Fournier 27 Nov 2020

    HR must play its role in building a blended, 'hybrid workforce'. Is it ready?

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability
    • Latest News

    A fifth of disabled workers had work from home requests turned down during pandemic

    by Jo Faragher 23 Nov 2020
    by Jo Faragher 23 Nov 2020

    One in five disabled employees has had their request to work from home, be furloughed or redeployed during the pandemic...

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Remote working could lead to jobs being pushed offshore

    by Jo Faragher 23 Nov 2020
    by Jo Faragher 23 Nov 2020

    Remote working is damaging productivity and could even lead to jobs being moved abroad, a member of the Bank of...

    • Coronavirus
    • Carers
    • Gender

    Equal Pay Day: pandemic put gender equality at a crossroads

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Nov 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Nov 2020

    The UK has arrived at a crossroads at which progress in gender equality could either be set back decades, or...

    • Gender
    • Latest News
    • Executive recruitment

    Zurich sees female applications leap after altering senior job advert wording

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Nov 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Nov 2020

    The number of women applying for senior roles at Zurich in the UK leapt by a fifth last year after...

    • Childcare
    • Coronavirus
    • Learning management systems

    How does HR navigate new workplace norms? (webinar)

    by Personnel Today 11 Nov 2020
    by Personnel Today 11 Nov 2020

    ON-DEMAND | Everyone’s referring to ‘the new normal’ but what do we actually mean and what are the practical implications for HR?

    • Zero hours
    • USA
    • Latest News

    California votes to preserve Uber and Lyft drivers’ gig status

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Nov 2020
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Nov 2020

    In a less commented upon US ballot, California last week voted to exempt Uber and Lyft drivers from being classified as employees.

    • Childcare
    • Coronavirus
    • Learning management systems

    Tech and transport leaders join Personnel Today webinar panel

    by Personnel Today 6 Nov 2020
    by Personnel Today 6 Nov 2020

    Directors from First Group and Synamedia are to join the panel for our upcoming webinar, “How does HR navigate new workplace norms?”

    • Expatriates
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    ‘Stealth expats’: managing staff secretly working abroad

    by Juliet Carp 4 Nov 2020
    by Juliet Carp 4 Nov 2020

    Finding out that an employee has secretly been working from another country isn’t a new problem, but it has become...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Latest News
    • Health and safety

    Why management styles have to adapt for remote working

    by Paida Dube 3 Nov 2020
    by Paida Dube 3 Nov 2020

    Widespread working from home is creating an imperative for teams to review and adopt different management styles. Paida Dube examines...

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