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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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    • Gig economy

    MPs urge ministers to speed up gig economy measures

    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Apr 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 20 Apr 2018

    MPs have accused the Government of being too slow to act on recommendations that would protect the rights of gig...

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    Workforce happiness weakened by overwork and lack of development

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Apr 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Apr 2018

    Overall workforce happiness is being dragged down by a lack of training and development opportunities for lower-skilled workers and high...

    • Employee engagement
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    • Flexible working

    How to maintain company culture in an era of flexible work

    by Jack Curzon 9 Apr 2018
    by Jack Curzon 9 Apr 2018

    If businesses are to accept the benefits of flexibility recommended by the Taylor Review, they need to be aware of...

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    Personnel Today turns 30: How the new publication drove progress

    by Stephanie Sparrow` 29 Mar 2018
    by Stephanie Sparrow` 29 Mar 2018

    Movers and shakers behind the first editions of Personnel Today in the late 1980s helped the profession to find its...

    • Enhanced pay
    • Gender
    • Shared parental leave

    Working fathers failed by Government policy

    by Rob Moss 20 Mar 2018
    by Rob Moss 20 Mar 2018

    Policies designed to help fathers in the workplace need reforming if Government is to meet the needs of 21st century...

    • Enhanced pay
    • Shared parental leave
    • 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...

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    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...

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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...

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    • 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,...

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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
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    • 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...

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    • Disability

    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,...

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    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...

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