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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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    Storm Éowyn: Five common employer queries about severe weather

    by Stephen Simpson 24 Jan 2025
    by Stephen Simpson 24 Jan 2025

    Employers' questions on pay, attendance and childcare that are likely to arise during severe weather.

    • Hybrid working
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    Office attendance linked to positive employee wellbeing

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Jan 2025

    There is a positive link between workplace attendance and wellbeing, with three or four times a week being the ideal number of in-office days.

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    Ex-M&S and Asda boss slams working from home

    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2025

    Lord Stuart Rose, former boss of Asda and Marks & Spencer, has decried working from home as 'not doing proper work'.

    • Hybrid working
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    • Latest News

    WPP staff petition against four-day office return

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Jan 2025

    Staff at advertising giant WPP launch a petition ahead of the introduction of a four-day office return policy.

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    Covid career starters called to help ‘hybrid generation’ inquiry

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Jan 2025

    Workers who started their careers during Covid are being urged to help with an inquiry into the “hybrid generation”.

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    Call for flexible working to support staff amid new weather warnings

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025

    The CIPD is urging employers to offer flexible working provisions as more weather warnings are issued across the UK.

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    Second jobs at four-day council ‘nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch’

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025

    The situation at South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is described as “nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch”

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    Advertising giant WPP demands return to office

    by Jo Faragher 8 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 8 Jan 2025

    Advertising giant WPP has informed its employees that they will have to return to the office for at least four days a week from April.

    • Hybrid working
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    Nationwide chief: women miss out when they work from home

    by Jo Faragher 2 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 Jan 2025

    Women could be missing out on career opportunities if they are not present in the office, the chief executive of Nationwide has claimed.

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    Childcare and flexible working: proof it can be done

    by Euan Cameron 28 Dec 2024
    by Euan Cameron 28 Dec 2024

    Some frontline sectors such as childcare are often assumed to be 'too difficult' to implement flexible working. But almost any profession can embrace it.

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    How does hybrid working affect workplace culture?

    by Gary Cookson 19 Dec 2024
    by Gary Cookson 19 Dec 2024

    As debates continue about on site versus remote, how does hybrid working impact workplace culture?

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    UK employers continue to cut salary budgets

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 12 Dec 2024

    UK employers are expected to continue reducing their salary budgets next year, new research from WTW finds.

    • Hybrid working
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    UK labour market outlook uncertain post budget

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 11 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 11 Dec 2024

    The UK’s labour market outlook is uncertain following October’s budget announcement, data from Indeed indicates.

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    Salary compression: The importance of fair remuneration

    by Elena Bajada 6 Dec 2024
    by Elena Bajada 6 Dec 2024

    Executive search specialist Elena Bajada examines salary compression and what HR leaders should do to ensure their pay structures remain fair.

    • Hybrid working
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    UK employers seek more in-office working to boost engagement

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 5 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 5 Dec 2024

    UK employers are pushing for more in-office attendance, driven largely by a belief that it boosts engagement at work.

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