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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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    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...

    • London
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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...

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
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    • Flexible working

    ‘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...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    ‘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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    • Latest News

    Sharp decline in UK employee confidence

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Mar 2019

    Employee confidence in the UK business environment has slumped, according to global research company Gartner.

    • Indirect discrimination
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    • Employment tribunals

    BNY Mellon’s flexible working policy review: what can HR learn?

    by Andrea London 13 Mar 2019
    by Andrea London 13 Mar 2019

    Last week US bank BNY Mellon informed its employees it was “pausing” a review of its policies that allow them...

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    Apprenticeships should be opened up to single parents

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Mar 2019

    Most single parents are being locked out of apprenticeships because of a lack of part-time opportunities and the difficulty of supporting children with such low pay.

    • Financial services
    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Major bank reverses its working from home ban

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2019
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2019

    The world's largest custodian bank and asset servicing company, the Bank of New York Mellon, has halted its plan to stop all 50,000 of its staff across the world from working from home.

    • Latest News
    • Fixed-term contracts
    • Flexible working

    How Lloyds Banking Group built agile working into recruitment

    by Fiona Cannon 7 Mar 2019
    by Fiona Cannon 7 Mar 2019

    Offering flexible working may not be enough to attract and retain talent in today’s job market – agile working needs...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Age
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Rudd wants to increase disabled workers target

    by Jo Faragher 5 Mar 2019
    by Jo Faragher 5 Mar 2019

    Amber Rudd has announced that she will review the government’s target of getting one million more disabled people in work...

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • Gig economy

    Delivering business agility: the critical role for HR in fast-growth firms

    by Andrew Whiteaker 8 Oct 2018
    by Andrew Whiteaker 8 Oct 2018

    Organisations strive to become more agile so they can respond to change and deal with external forces as they grow....

    • Latest News
    • Flexible working
    • HR Technology

    Getting the best out of a remote workforce

    by Roly Walter 3 Oct 2018
    by Roly Walter 3 Oct 2018

    Remote working is commonplace, but how should employers manage performance? Shopify’s Colin Boyer talks to Roly Walter, founder of Appraisd,...

    • Latest News
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    • Physical environment

    Restrictive tech holding back shift to flexible working environments

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Sep 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Sep 2018

    An inability to quickly introduce new IT services to their workforce is restricting organisations’ competitiveness and ability to offer staff...

    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly working
    • Flexible working

    Staff feel pressured to demonstrate they are working from home

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Sep 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Sep 2018

    Almost half (46%) of employees feel under pressure to demonstrate they are actually working while working from home, research by...

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Absence
    • Automation

    How digital trends are changing the role of HR (webinar)

    by Personnel Today 19 Sep 2018
    by Personnel Today 19 Sep 2018

    ON DEMAND | Not a day goes by without a news story highlighting the impact of digital technology on people’s jobs, but how...

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