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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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    Employment law changes: 10 proposals in the pipeline for HR

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Aug 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Aug 2019

    Amid all the political turmoil in July, employers will be forgiven for missing a flurry of proposed new employment laws...

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    Five paradoxes of global remote working

    by Hannah Prince 1 Aug 2019
    by Hannah Prince 1 Aug 2019

    As workforces become more dispersed and global, it’s easy to assume employees can manage on their own and take charge...

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    • Gender pay gap

    Employers should have to ‘opt out’ of offering flexible working, says MP

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Jul 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Jul 2019

    Flexible working should be offered by default for any job and employers should “opt out” if a job cannot be...

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    Met Police to recruit part-time constables for the first time

    by Jo Faragher 12 Jun 2019
    by Jo Faragher 12 Jun 2019

    The Metropolitan Police has announced it will recruit part-time constables for the first time in a bid to attract more...

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    • Flexible working

    Half of staff support pay transparency to promote equality

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Jun 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Jun 2019

    More than half (56%) of staff would be happy for pay information to be made publicly available in order to...

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    How to attract the candidates who don’t think you need them

    by Amanda Cusdin 29 May 2019
    by Amanda Cusdin 29 May 2019

    Software company Sage needed to expand its candidate pool for a slew of new roles. Reaching out to groups who...

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    How should employers support returning mothers’ mental health?

    by Boma Adoki 9 May 2019
    by Boma Adoki 9 May 2019

    Returning to work after maternity leave can be a stressful time for a new mother and managers should be alive...

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    Enhance leave policies to keep carers in work, employers urged

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 May 2019

    The chief executive of a major energy supplier is urging employers to do more to retain the almost 5 million...

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    ‘Meaningful work and location more important than high pay’ for UK staff

    by Adam McCulloch 7 May 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 7 May 2019

    The happiest employers work in diverse workplaces and find that doing meaningful work is more important to them than salary.

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    Champion flexible working to improve parents’ work-life balance

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 May 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 May 2019

    Support for flexible working should be visible from leadership level to help create “human-sized” jobs that enable a greater work-life...

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    Should we rethink our working hours to boost productivity?

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 Apr 2019

    UK employees work on average two-and-a-half weeks longer than their EU counterparts over the course of a year, new analysis...

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    • Gender

    Why it’s time to compel all employers to publish parental policies

    by Sue Macmillan 5 Apr 2019
    by Sue Macmillan 5 Apr 2019

    Recent research claimed that top employers’ parental policies are “invisible”, and a number have now publicly committed to publishing their...

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    Better working conditions needed to improve chef retention

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Apr 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Apr 2019

    Chef training and working conditions need to be reformed to help restaurants retain the estimated 10% of chefs that leave...

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    ‘Hop-desking’: BrewDog launches remote working initiative

    by Rob Moss 22 Mar 2019
    by Rob Moss 22 Mar 2019

    Many remote workers frequently take advantage of coffee shops’ free wi-fi and power outlets but now pubs are trying to...

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    • Shared parental leave
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    ‘Business lacks transparency over parental support’

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Mar 2019

    LinkedIn has claimed to have revealed evidence of a “disconnect” between employers and employees over the issue of flexible work, as most working parents feel their employers are not fully open about their parental policies. 

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