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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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    • Recruitment & retention

    Recession causing employees to shun flexible working

    by John Eccleston 18 Nov 2011
    by John Eccleston 18 Nov 2011

    Employees are less inclined to take up the option of flexible working and are instead prone to “presenteeism” due to...

    • Employment law
    • Marriage and civil partnership discrimination
    • Flexible working

    Key points on the extension to flexible working rights

    by Personnel Today 14 Nov 2011
    by Personnel Today 14 Nov 2011

    Catherine Wilson, partner at legal firm Thomas Eggar LLP, outlines eight things that an employer should know about the proposed extension...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    More employees want to work flexibly

    by Nick Martindale 19 Oct 2011
    by Nick Martindale 19 Oct 2011

    More than one employee in three would like the ability to work from home but fewer than one in 10 has any...

    • Employment law
    • Maternity
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    Government warned on employment law changes

    by Nick Martindale 17 Oct 2011
    by Nick Martindale 17 Oct 2011

    Employment commentators are divided over suggestions that the Government could consider abandoning plans to extend maternity and paternity leave and...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    More needs to be done to boost flexible working, says survey

    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 19 Sep 2011

    Both MPs and the public agree that the Government needs to make it easier for companies to adopt flexible working...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Flexible working: is more legislation needed?

    by Laura Chamberlain 1 Sep 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 1 Sep 2011

    Laura Chamberlain examines the conflicting responses to the Government’s Modern Workplaces consultation on whether or not the right to request...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Include small businesses in flexible working proposals, says CIPD

    by Laura Chamberlain 8 Aug 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 8 Aug 2011

    Excluding small businesses from the proposed extension of the right to request flexible working to all employees could create a...

    • Employment law
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    The future of employment law: is a flexible approach really the answer?

    by Adrian Crawford 5 Aug 2011
    by Adrian Crawford 5 Aug 2011

    In July 2011, the CBI released a report calling on the Government to adopt a flexible approach to employment law instead...

    • Employment law
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Business groups call for flexible focus in employment law

    by John Eccleston 25 Jul 2011
    by John Eccleston 25 Jul 2011

    Two major employment organisations have called on the Government to rethink its approach to employment law to help organisations and...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Free webinar today at 3pm: How flexible working can benefit all organisations

    by Personnel Today 20 Jul 2011
    by Personnel Today 20 Jul 2011

    Personnel Today invites you to attend our free webinar on Wednesday 20 July, which will look at the topic of flexible working...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Maternity

    Legislation ‘not responsible’ for female progress at work

    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Jul 2011
    by Laura Chamberlain 12 Jul 2011

    Female progress in the workplace has not been brought about by changes to employment legislation, claimed director-general of the British...

    • Age discrimination
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Legal opinion: Retirement and flexibility in the future workplace

    by tom walker 27 Jun 2011
    by tom walker 27 Jun 2011

    One aspect of the proposed pension reforms, the need for people to work longer, has long been recognised. People are...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Family-friendly working
    • Flexible working

    Legal Opinion: What’s driving the rise in working mothers?

    by Personnel Today 31 May 2011
    by Personnel Today 31 May 2011

    New figures produced by the Office of National Statistics’ Labour Force Survey show that the number of mothers in employment...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Government eases employment regulations for small firms

    by John Eccleston 18 Mar 2011
    by John Eccleston 18 Mar 2011

    There has been a mixed reaction to the Government’s proposed changes to business legislation that it says will make life...

    • HR practice
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    One-third of businesses to allow flexible working for Olympics

    by Isabelle O'Reagan 15 Mar 2011
    by Isabelle O'Reagan 15 Mar 2011

    One-third of large companies plan to allow staff to work flexibly during the Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to research...

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