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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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    • Flexible working

    Jobs market lags behind demand for flexible working

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Sep 2017
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Sep 2017

    Employees’ desire for flexible working far exceeds companies’ capacity to offer it, a report published today has found.
    According to...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Equal pay
    • Family-friendly working

    Acas study urges higher take-up of flexible working 

    by Noel O'Reilly 13 Sep 2017
    by Noel O'Reilly 13 Sep 2017

    A report published today by Acas calls for more flexible working for parents returning to work after parental leave as...

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Data protection
    • Flexible working

    Top 10 HR questions August 2017: GDPR and holiday pay

    by Brightmine 12 Sep 2017
    by Brightmine 12 Sep 2017

    The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will require employers to provide employees with a privacy notice, detailing how their personal...

    • Flexible working
    • Returnships
    • Working from home

    Balancing work and life: Why flexibility is a two-way street

    by Emoke Starr 7 Sep 2017
    by Emoke Starr 7 Sep 2017

    Even fast-growing companies need to keep an eye on retaining talented employees as their work and home responsibilities change. This...

    • Flexible working
    • HR Technology
    • Working from home

    Could an organisation work on a completely remote basis?

    by Cath Everett 23 Aug 2017
    by Cath Everett 23 Aug 2017

    Most employers now embrace some form of flexible and remote working, but self-publishing company Reedsy has taken this to the...

    • Acas
    • Flexible working
    • Working from home

    Acas research highlights pros and cons of flexible working

    by Adrian Wakeling 23 Aug 2017
    by Adrian Wakeling 23 Aug 2017

    There are hidden benefits and drawbacks to flexible working arrangements, new research from employment adviser Acas finds. Adrian Wakeling, senior...

    • Flexible working
    • Gender pay gap
    • Working from home

    How to find the balance between flexible working and “always on”

    by Sarah Thompson 18 Jul 2017
    by Sarah Thompson 18 Jul 2017

    Research has shown that many workers value flexible working over a pay rise. Sarah Thompson asks how can employers ensure...

    • Research
    • Mental health conditions
    • Flexible working

    Long commutes to work take toll on employee health

    by Nic Paton 6 Jul 2017
    by Nic Paton 6 Jul 2017

    Long commutes are causing poor health and damaging the productivity of the nation’s employees, research from the Britain’s Healthiest Workplace...

    • Research
    • Wellbeing and health promotion
    • Flexible working

    Three in four firms have an employee wellbeing strategy

    by Nic Paton 5 Jul 2017
    by Nic Paton 5 Jul 2017

    Nearly three-quarters (71%) of UK companies say they now either have or are implementing a wellbeing strategy during 2017, research...

    • HR software
    • Career development
    • Gig economy

    Technology is disrupting work – but what do staff think?

    by Don McGuire 30 Jun 2017
    by Don McGuire 30 Jun 2017

    How is the world of work changing? Perhaps more importantly, how do staff perceive it to be changing? ADP president...

    • Dependent care
    • Flexible working
    • Employee Assistance Programmes

    Why HR should step up and support working carers

    by Steve Herbert 27 Jun 2017
    by Steve Herbert 27 Jun 2017

    The UK’s social care crisis was a hot topic during this month’s general election, serving to highlight the growing number...

    • Employment law
    • Shared parental leave
    • Gender

    Are fathers’ rights at work working?

    by John Smith 1 Jun 2017
    by John Smith 1 Jun 2017

    Despite the introduction of shared parental leave, employers have been slow to enhance fathers’ rights at work. John Smith, a...

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Flexible working

    Matthew Taylor review: expect a right to request fixed hours

    by Rob Moss 23 May 2017
    by Rob Moss 23 May 2017

    Workers on zero hours contracts could be given the right to request a move to a fixed number of hours....

    • National living wage
    • Auto-enrolment
    • Brexit

    Tory manifesto: National retraining, NI holidays and more gap reporting

    by Rob Moss 18 May 2017
    by Rob Moss 18 May 2017

    Theresa May launched the Conservative Party’s 2017 election manifesto today, and for HR and employers there are no big surprises....

    • Employee-shareholders
    • National living wage
    • Childcare

    Liberal Democrat manifesto: guarantees for EU workers and stricter corporate governance

    by Jo Faragher 17 May 2017
    by Jo Faragher 17 May 2017

    The Liberal Democrat Party’s official manifesto has been released today and includes a raft of proposals around employment rights, equality...

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