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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.


    • Career development
    • Coaching and mentoring
    • Equal pay

    Four key actions to tackle a gender pay gap

    by Gillian MacLellan 14 Feb 2017
    by Gillian MacLellan 14 Feb 2017

    New rules on gender pay gap reporting simply compel employers to publish details of their pay gap on an annual...

    • Flexible working
    • Opinion
    • Physical environment

    Why the UK needs to switch on to the agility mindset

    by Fiona Cannon 7 Feb 2017
    by Fiona Cannon 7 Feb 2017

    New research by the Agile Future Forum (AFF) published last week shows that more flexible models of work will be...

    • Occupational Health
    • Flexible working
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Preventing digital overload must become part of employee wellbeing programmes

    by Anna Kotwinski 1 Feb 2017
    by Anna Kotwinski 1 Feb 2017

    It is time for businesses to consider the impact of “digital overload” on wellbeing, performance and work-life balance, says Anna...

    • Flexible working
    • Part-time working
    • Job sharing

    Employers more willing to consider job shares at senior level

    by Jo Faragher 30 Jan 2017
    by Jo Faragher 30 Jan 2017

    More than two-fifths of employers would now be willing to consider a job share for a senior role, research by...

    • Flexible working
    • Leadership
    • Organisation development

    Workers feel trapped by “rigid” workplaces, ILM finds

    by Jo Faragher 12 Jan 2017
    by Jo Faragher 12 Jan 2017

    More than half of UK workers feel trapped by the rigid structure of their workplace, according to a survey by ...

    • Compassionate leave
    • Grandparental leave
    • Bereavement

    “Pawternity” leave? Time off work for pets and other leave of the future

    by Susan Dennehy 1 Dec 2016
    by Susan Dennehy 1 Dec 2016

    Around half of UK households own a pet, according to the RSPCA. So why is there not a specific legal...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Employment law
    • Family-friendly working

    The rise of flexible working

    by Jane Wheeler 18 Nov 2016
    by Jane Wheeler 18 Nov 2016

    With flexible working requests set to increase, including from men, how should employers respond? Jane Wheeler, partner at Hine Legal,...

    • Family-friendly working
    • Flexible working
    • Working from home

    Flexible working requests: common employer pitfalls

    by Bar Huberman 15 Nov 2016
    by Bar Huberman 15 Nov 2016

    More than a quarter of women polled in a recent survey by Workingmums had their flexible working request turned down,...

    • Gender
    • Flexible working
    • Returnships

    How PR company Golin tackled the motherhood penalty

    by Bibi Hilton 11 Nov 2016
    by Bibi Hilton 11 Nov 2016

    The Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests that women earn 30% less than men by the time their children are 10...

    • Health and safety
    • Data protection
    • Flexible working

    Agile working: not as flexible as you might think

    by Katy Meves 1 Nov 2016
    by Katy Meves 1 Nov 2016

    Agile working, whether that’s allowing employees to work remotely or being flexible about hours, has been hailed as the answer...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Working from home

    Recruiting with flexibility: is HR missing out on key talent?

    by Jo Faragher 28 Oct 2016
    by Jo Faragher 28 Oct 2016

    Many employers boast about how they welcome flexible working, but how many are open to discussing alternative hours or approaches...

    • Compassionate leave
    • Flexible working

    Five ways employers can support employees who are carers

    by Sarah Anderson 19 Oct 2016
    by Sarah Anderson 19 Oct 2016

    According to recent research one worker in eight is a carer, while almost one in six has had to take...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination
    • Flexible working

    Tribunals accept limits to flexible working after maternity leave

    by Stephen Simpson 17 Oct 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 17 Oct 2016

    In two recent unsuccessful cases, employment tribunals accepted that there is no absolute obligation on employers to accept new mothers’...

    • Blood pressure
    • Stress
    • Occupational Health

    Long commute to work linked to poor diet, stress and high blood pressure

    by Nic Paton 5 Oct 2016
    by Nic Paton 5 Oct 2016

    The average UK commuter adds almost 800 calories to their diet every week as a result of their journey to...

    • Family-friendly working
    • Flexible working
    • Working from home

    High earners more likely to work flexibly, says Working Families

    by Jo Faragher 5 Oct 2016
    by Jo Faragher 5 Oct 2016

    High-earning parents are far more likely to work flexibly than those who earn below £40,000, research by the charity Working...

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