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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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    • Gender

    Why fatherhood holds the key to solving the gender pay gap

    by Duncan Fisher 20 Mar 2018
    by Duncan Fisher 20 Mar 2018

    The introduction of gender pay gap reporting has shifted the onus of responsibility for solving the gender pay gap to...

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Data protection
    • Maternity

    Top 10 HR questions February 2018: Consent to process personal data

    by Brightmine 2 Mar 2018
    by Brightmine 2 Mar 2018

    One of the key messages employers are hearing on the new data protection rules under the General Data Protection Regulation...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Four-day week

    Part-time work in senior roles on the rise, according to Timewise

    by Jo Faragher 26 Feb 2018
    by Jo Faragher 26 Feb 2018

    A quarter of workers would rather work part time, for less money, if they knew it would have no impact...

    • Apprenticeships
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Lack of part-time apprenticeships reduces access for women

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Feb 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Feb 2018

    A shortage of flexible and part-time apprenticeship programmes mean that people who are unable to work full time are missing...

    • Agency workers
    • Zero hours
    • Shared parental leave

    Taylor review: Government pledges to enforce day-one rights for workers

    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Feb 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 7 Feb 2018

    The Government has vowed to enforce workers’ rights from their first day in a job, in response to the recommendations...

    • Blended learning
    • e-learning
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working demands a training strategy rethink

    by Samantha Caine 6 Feb 2018
    by Samantha Caine 6 Feb 2018

    Assumptions about the effectiveness of training programmes need to be challenged as remote and flexible working patterns become more widespread,...

    • Flexible working
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    • Part-time working

    Employers encouraged to do more to support older workers

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Jan 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Jan 2018

    With a record number of people aged 50 or older in employment, the Government and employers should ensure that working...

    • Stress
    • Flexible working
    • Returnships

    Parents reveal struggle to balance work and home life

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jan 2018

    Almost one in five (18%) working parents have deliberately slowed down their career progression as they have struggled to balance...

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Disability
    • Mental health conditions

    Report calls for action on women’s health issues at work

    by Personnel Today 4 Jan 2018
    by Personnel Today 4 Jan 2018

    A recent report from the Work Foundation is appealing for an end to stigma surrounding women’s health issues at work,...

    • Brexit
    • Employee engagement
    • Labour market

    Poor management major driver in job dissatisfaction, survey finds

    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jan 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 2 Jan 2018

    Almost half of UK workers (47%) are looking to change jobs in 2018, Investors in People’s annual Job Exodus survey...

    • Early careers
    • ESG
    • Flexible working

    Attracting millennials: What businesses can learn from Labour and the Tories

    by Mufid Sukkar 3 Nov 2017
    by Mufid Sukkar 3 Nov 2017

    After an unexpected election result and a fresh wave of scandals at Westminster, it’s not surprising that the millennial generation...

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Data protection
    • Employment contracts

    Top 10 HR questions October 2017: Modern slavery statements and GDPR

    by Brightmine 2 Nov 2017
    by Brightmine 2 Nov 2017

    The requirement for large employers to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement came into force in October 2015 and...

    • Military
    • Public sector
    • Flexible working

    Pilot flexible working programmes for teachers announced

    by Rob Moss 31 Oct 2017
    by Rob Moss 31 Oct 2017

    Justine Greening has announced new pilot programmes to look at ways of supporting and employing teachers flexibly, and enhancing coaching...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Recruiters should offer flexible working option as “standard”

    by Rob Moss 19 Oct 2017
    by Rob Moss 19 Oct 2017

    Flexible working options should be a standard offering in new roles if employers and recruiters are to meet the challenges...

    • Absence
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Ryanair and Monarch flight disruptions: five issues for employers

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Oct 2017
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Oct 2017

    The cancellation of thousands of scheduled Ryanair flights and the collapse of airline Monarch will have an impact in the...

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