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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.


    • Employment law
    • Indirect discrimination
    • Discrimination

    Flexible working and indirect discrimination: a difficult balance

    by Darren Newman 17 Aug 2016
    by Darren Newman 17 Aug 2016

    Consultant editor Darren Newman considers a recent indirect sex discrimination case that highlights the problems that an employer can face...

    • Maternity
    • Return to work and rehabilitation
    • Flexible working

    Creating a “family feel”: supporting parents’ return to work

    by Zoe Brunswick 17 Aug 2016
    by Zoe Brunswick 17 Aug 2016

    Returning from maternity leave is tough. Zoe Brunswick, HR director at environmental engineering consultancy RSK and former Personnel Today Awards...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Talent management

    Nine in 10 would choose employer that offered flexible working

    by Clare Allerton 28 Jul 2016
    by Clare Allerton 28 Jul 2016

    If your business does not offer flexible working options, your best employees may look to move to an employer that...

    • Flexible working
    • Working from home

    Flexible working: are employers missing a trick?

    by Helen Wright 8 Jun 2016
    by Helen Wright 8 Jun 2016

    Flexible working can benefit both employees and employers, yet many organisations don’t offer it or fail to reap the full...

    • London
    • Family-friendly working
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working key to commuter work-life balance

    by Clare Allerton 14 Apr 2016
    by Clare Allerton 14 Apr 2016

    Employees in London are less likely to work flexibly than staff in the rest of the UK, yet almost two-thirds...

    • Gig economy
    • HR strategy
    • Flexible working

    How the “gig economy” offers flexibility for employers and employees

    by Andy Campbell 31 Mar 2016
    by Andy Campbell 31 Mar 2016

    We used to differentiate between working on projects and “business as usual”, but today these have merged into one, says...

    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Employment tribunals
    • Family-friendly working

    “Shocking scale” of maternity discrimination revealed

    by Rob Moss 22 Mar 2016
    by Rob Moss 22 Mar 2016

    As many as 390,000 female workers a year have a “negative or possibly discriminatory” experience during pregnancy and maternity leave,...

    • Flexible working
    • Gender pay gap

    Flexible working should be a day-one right say MPs

    by Rob Moss 22 Mar 2016
    by Rob Moss 22 Mar 2016

    All roles should be advertised as flexible unless there is a strong and continuing business reason otherwise, a committee of...

    • Zero hours
    • Gig economy
    • Employment contracts

    What does the gig economy mean for HR?

    by Cath Everett 15 Feb 2016
    by Cath Everett 15 Feb 2016

    The “gig economy” has firmly entered employment vocabulary, becoming a catch-all term for anything from Uber taxi drivers to freelance...

    • Flexible working
    • Working from home

    Flexible working is not only about work-life balance

    by Ben Black 4 Feb 2016
    by Ben Black 4 Feb 2016

    The rationale for flexible working usually focuses on work-life balance. Ben Black, director of My Family Care, says more research...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR Technology

    How to make video technology work beyond recruitment

    by Cath Everett 15 Jan 2016
    by Cath Everett 15 Jan 2016

    Using video for hiring interviews is growing in popularity, but how can organisations expand how they use this versatile technology?...

    • Health and safety
    • Maternity
    • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

    Maternity leave return: five key actions for employers

    by Felicity Alexander 8 Dec 2015
    by Felicity Alexander 8 Dec 2015

    Aside from making arrangements to welcome an employee back from maternity leave and settling her into work, there are other...

    • Flexible working
    • Opinion
    • Working from home

    Flexible working: let workers switch off over Christmas

    by Mandy Rutter 3 Dec 2015
    by Mandy Rutter 3 Dec 2015

    How many of us will really switch off this Christmas (and that means turning off the smartphone, not just taking...

    • Flexible working
    • Opinion

    Law firm: how we made flexible working work

    by Janvi Patel 30 Oct 2015
    by Janvi Patel 30 Oct 2015

    Despite a raft of legislation supporting employees to request flexible working, some employers are still reluctant to look at new...

    • Employment law
    • Flexible working
    • Working from home

    Home truths: homeworkers and the law

    by Katie Richards 2 Oct 2015
    by Katie Richards 2 Oct 2015

    Working from home can have many benefits, as long as employers amend the standard employment contract and take care of ...

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