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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 jobs shortage could hamper government single parent work plans

    by Helen Gilbert 25 Aug 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 25 Aug 2010

    Government plans to get more single parents back into work could be thrown into jeopardy due to a lack of...

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

    Weekly dilemma: Time off during school holidays to look after children

    by Personnel Today 23 Aug 2010
    by Personnel Today 23 Aug 2010

    We’ve had a number of employees asking, in advance, to take time off during school holidays to look after their...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Temporary employment

    Employers welcome plans for flexible working legislation

    by Helen Gilbert 27 Jul 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 27 Jul 2010

    Employers have welcomed government plans to bring in legislation requiring them to offer flexible working to all employees. A Hays...

    • HR practice
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Transport minister urges employers to allow staff to work one day a fortnight from home

    by Personnel Today 12 Jul 2010
    by Personnel Today 12 Jul 2010

    Employers are to be urged by Norman Baker, a transport minister, to allow staff to work one day a fortnight...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Women and the coalition government

    by Personnel Today 8 Jul 2010
    by Personnel Today 8 Jul 2010

    Could working mothers be the ultimate beneficiaries of the coalition government’s policies and recent emergency Budget? Will the desire to...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Temporary employment

    Private sector firms’ views of flexible labour could hamper recovery

    by Personnel Today 6 Jul 2010
    by Personnel Today 6 Jul 2010

    Private sector employers view flexible working as simply a cost benefit rather than a way of tapping into new skillsets...

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    Emergency Budget: Welfare reforms welcomed but success could be limited due to lack of job opportunities

    by Personnel Today 23 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 23 Jun 2010

    Welfare reforms announced in yesterday’s Emergency Budget could have limited success in getting people off benefits and into work, due...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Extending flexible working rights

    by Personnel Today 23 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 23 Jun 2010

    The coalition government plans to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees.

    • Employment law
    • HR practice
    • Flexible working

    Weekly dilemma: World Cup working arrangements

    by Personnel Today 9 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 9 Jun 2010

    A group of my employees have asked what working arrangements I’ve put in place for the World Cup. I haven’t made...

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    • Flexible working

    World Cup flexible working policies implemented by McDonald’s, Sainsbury’s and Asda

    by Personnel Today 3 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 3 Jun 2010

    Some of the UK’s largest employers have put in place specially devised flexible working practices to allow staff to watch...

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    Flexible working is most valued benefit for UK workers

    by Personnel Today 1 Jun 2010
    by Personnel Today 1 Jun 2010

    Flexible working is the most valued benefit for UK employees, ahead of material perks such as bonuses, research revealed today.In...

    • Absence
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    World Cup fever: time off to watch games

    by Personnel Today 12 May 2010
    by Personnel Today 12 May 2010

    With the football World Cup in South Africa kicking off in just a few weeks, employers are putting in place...

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    Volcano update: How HR departments are coping

    by Personnel Today 20 Apr 2010
    by Personnel Today 20 Apr 2010

    Volcano update: Seven things employers should be doing
    HR departments have fallen back on tried and tested flexible working systems...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Part-time working

    Jobcentre roles to be advertised flexibly, government confirms

    by Personnel Today 6 Apr 2010
    by Personnel Today 6 Apr 2010

    All employers advertising roles in jobcentres will be asked if the position can be part time, job share or flexible,...

    • Absence
    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Rail strikes: how to deal with public transport disruptions

    by Jo Stubbs 1 Apr 2010
    by Jo Stubbs 1 Apr 2010

    Rail strikes can lead to employees, through no fault of their own, being late for work, or unable to get...

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