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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.


    • Offices
    • Flexible working
    • HR Technology

    How can HR drive the best use of office space?

    by Cath Everett 4 Jun 2015
    by Cath Everett 4 Jun 2015

    Investment in office space is increasing, yet so is flexible working, meaning offices are rarely at full capacity. A new...

    • Flexible working
    • Working from home

    Can “results only” working deliver the goods?

    by Vicki Arnstein 22 May 2015
    by Vicki Arnstein 22 May 2015

    Giving employees greater flexibility to help them balance work and life is now commonplace. But could allowing employees complete autonomy...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Maternity
    • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

    Tribunal watch: Intensive training requirement led to sex discrimination judgment

    by Stephen Simpson 27 Apr 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 27 Apr 2015

    An employment tribunal has held that a female police officer who was required to attend an intensive firearms training course...

    • Tribunal Watch
    • Annual hours
    • Equal pay

    Tribunal watch: Sex discrimination against flexible working single parent

    by Stephen Simpson 23 Mar 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 23 Mar 2015

    An employment tribunal has held that Greater Manchester Police committed sex discrimination against a female police officer when it amended...

    • Flexible working
    • Working from home

    WFH and HR: managing remote working effectively

    by Martin Flick 28 Jan 2015
    by Martin Flick 28 Jan 2015

    With snow affecting areas of the UK, Martin Flick looks at how to manage situations that warrant staff needing to...

    • Business performance
    • CIPD
    • Early careers

    CIPD Manchester 2014: changing perspectives

    by Martin Couzins 10 Nov 2014
    by Martin Couzins 10 Nov 2014

    Key lessons for employers to take away from last week's CIPD annual conference in Manchester highlighted by Martin Couzins...

    • Employee engagement
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working: one employee in three wants to change the way they work

    by Jo Faragher 5 Nov 2014
    by Jo Faragher 5 Nov 2014

    Only a quarter of people feel that work is central to their lives, and around one-third would like to make...

    • Benefits
    • Flexible working
    • Pay & benefits

    Does an unlimited holiday policy equal an unlimited headache?

    by Jo Faragher 26 Sep 2014
    by Jo Faragher 26 Sep 2014

    Despite the fanfare about flexible working and trusting people to produce results on their own terms, how organisations dole out...

    • Zero hours
    • Shared parental leave
    • Employment contracts

    Back to school: Top 10 tips for employers at the start of the new term

    by Kate Redshaw 8 Sep 2014
    by Kate Redshaw 8 Sep 2014

    With the sand finally gone from between your toes and the flip flops banished to the back of the wardrobe,...

    • Shared parental leave
    • Health and safety
    • Flexible working

    Top 10 HR questions in July 2014: Shared parental leave and flexible working

    by Personnel Today 4 Aug 2014
    by Personnel Today 4 Aug 2014

    Employers were getting to grips with various changes to family-friendly workplace rights last month.

    • Flexible working

    Flexible working for all: work-life balance at Asda

    by Hayley Tatum 30 Jun 2014
    by Hayley Tatum 30 Jun 2014

    As the right to request flexible working is extended to all employees, Asda’s Hayley Tatum explains why organisations should welcome...

    • Countdown
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working countdown: 1 – What claims could result from a mishandled request?

    by Kikuyu Thompson 27 Jun 2014
    by Kikuyu Thompson 27 Jun 2014

    In our final article in the run up to the introduction of the new flexible working legislation, we consider what...

    • Countdown
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working countdown: 2 – Should employers offer an appeal stage?

    by Kikuyu Thompson 26 Jun 2014
    by Kikuyu Thompson 26 Jun 2014

    In our penultimate look at the new rules and important changes to the procedure for dealing with flexible working applications...

    • Countdown
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working countdown: 3 – What are the possible outcomes of a request?

    by Kikuyu Thompson 25 Jun 2014
    by Kikuyu Thompson 25 Jun 2014

    We continue to take a look at the new rules and important changes to the procedure for dealing with flexible...

    • Countdown
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working countdown: 4 – What are the business grounds on which a request can be rejected?

    by Kikuyu Thompson 24 Jun 2014
    by Kikuyu Thompson 24 Jun 2014

    Continuing our countdown of the new rules and important changes to the procedure for dealing with flexible working applications, we...

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