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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.


    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Research: Furlough is curtailing job losses

    by Rob Moss 3 Apr 2020
    by Rob Moss 3 Apr 2020

    The government’s furlough scheme is discouraging companies from cutting jobs after research revealed that only one in 20 organisations have...

    • Coronavirus
    • Personnel Today
    • Latest News

    Working from home: How HR can deal with the daily dilemmas

    by Jo Faragher 24 Mar 2020
    by Jo Faragher 24 Mar 2020

    With so many people having to reinvent the way they work because of the coronavirus outbreak, Jo Faragher examines how HR professionals may overcome the many difficulties they are bound to face.

    • Absence
    • Coronavirus
    • Employee relations

    Coronavirus: What employers need to know (webinar)

    by Personnel Today 19 Mar 2020
    by Personnel Today 19 Mar 2020

    ON-DEMAND | As the true impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic becomes apparent, employers are facing...

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Coronavirus: Four things to consider when encouraging home working

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Mar 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Mar 2020

    With almost 600 cases of the new coronavirus confirmed in the UK, businesses are increasingly telling staff to work from...

    • Nursery provision
    • Benefits
    • Childcare

    Quarter of women leave for another employer after career break

    by Jo Faragher 11 Mar 2020
    by Jo Faragher 11 Mar 2020

    A quarter of mothers do not return to the same employer after maternity leave because they feel the organisation’s practices...

    • Coronavirus
    • NHS
    • Health and safety

    Coronavirus: One in five workers could be off sick at once

    by Rob Moss 3 Mar 2020
    by Rob Moss 3 Mar 2020

    As many is one in five staff could be off sick at the same time if the Covid-19 coronavirus takes...

    • Latest News
    • Flexible working
    • Part-time working

    More than a million senior roles are now part time

    by Jo Faragher 26 Feb 2020
    by Jo Faragher 26 Feb 2020

    One in six management or senior-level roles is now worked part-time, according to research from flexible working consultancy Timewise.
    Its...

    • Compassionate leave
    • Parental bereavement leave
    • Latest News

    Writing a parental bereavement leave policy: a guide for HR

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Feb 2020
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Feb 2020

    Employers should be updating their policies and procedures to take account of the introduction of parental bereavement leave in April....

    • Acas
    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News

    Acas publishes coronavirus advice for employers

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Feb 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Feb 2020

    Acas has published advice for employers on dealing with the new coronavirus outbreak, including how to handle employees who have...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    Prepare for surge in shared parental leave requests, law firm urges

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Feb 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Feb 2020

    Almost two-fifths of employees who plan to have children in the future expect to take shared parental leave – a...

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working: are we moving in the right direction?

    by David Leithead 21 Jan 2020
    by David Leithead 21 Jan 2020

    New research underlines how businesses must learn to properly engage flexible workers.

    • Childcare
    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly benefits

    Three in five parents work unpaid overtime to cope with workload

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jan 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Jan 2020

    Flexible working is unable to deliver the work-life balance that parents need, according to a report that finds three in...

    • Police
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    How Police Scotland transformed its pay and reward structure

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jan 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jan 2020

    Six years after it was formed, Police Scotland completed a project that saw its 10 legacy pay scales and terms...

    • Brexit
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    ‘Protect workers’ rights after Brexit’, voters urge Boris Johnson

    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Dec 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Dec 2019

    Two-thirds of people who voted Conservative in the 2019 general election want the new government to protect or enhance workers’...

    • Brexit
    • Right to work
    • Carers

    Queen’s Speech: flexible working, carers’ leave and immigration plan confirmed

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Dec 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Dec 2019

    A number of new Bills that will affect workers have been announced.

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