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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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    Asda workers can swap shifts to watch World Cup

    by Personnel Today 26 Mar 2010
    by Personnel Today 26 Mar 2010

    Supermarket chain Asda will loosen its rules on flexible working during the World Cup in June and July to reduce...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Flexible working being used by one-fifth of employers to avoid job cuts, survey shows

    by Louisa Peacock 22 Mar 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 22 Mar 2010

    One-fifth of organisations have avoided redundancies by introducing flexible working practices, a survey has shown.Two-thirds of employers that introduced part-time...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Carers just as likely to look after relatives and partners as children, CIPD survey reveals

    by Louisa Peacock 18 Mar 2010
    by Louisa Peacock 18 Mar 2010

    Workers are as likely to have caring responsibilities for a partner, relative or friend as they are for children, a...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Flexible working extension to right to request unlikely in near future

    by Personnel Today 2 Feb 2010
    by Personnel Today 2 Feb 2010

    The right to request flexible working is unlikely to be extended to all employees “anytime soon”, despite recent comments from...

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

    Flexible working rights for all staff from day one of employment under government consideration

    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 29 Jan 2010

    The government is considering extending flexible working to all staff from day one of employment, the work and pensions secretary...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Family-friendly working

    EHRC flexible working request kicks off ‘tinkering’ with employment law debate

    by Helen Gilbert 28 Jan 2010
    by Helen Gilbert 28 Jan 2010

    The debate about whether to allow all workers the right to request flexible working has erupted once again after the...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Another snow day or business as usual?

    by Personnel Today 19 Jan 2010
    by Personnel Today 19 Jan 2010

    Another day and another story about how much the snow has cost the UK economy, but does it really have to be this way?

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    Snow: employers urged not to push staff to risk life and limb to get to work

    by Kat Baker 5 Jan 2010
    by Kat Baker 5 Jan 2010

    Employers must be flexible during the harsh weather conditions and should not force staff to “risk life and limb” getting...

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    Workers take action to help employers survive recession

    by Personnel Today 19 Nov 2009
    by Personnel Today 19 Nov 2009

    More than half of UK workers have taken some form of action to help their employers survive the recession, according...

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Over 21 million hours a day spent commuting by UK workers

    by Personnel Today 9 Nov 2009
    by Personnel Today 9 Nov 2009

    Workers spend up to 78 minutes commuting every day, research by the Trades Union Congress has revealed.In total UK workers...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR practice
    • Family-friendly working

    Work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper calls for more part-time jobs

    by Personnel Today 26 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 26 Oct 2009

    The government has called on employers to offer more part-time employment opportunities to help working families.Work and pensions secretary Yvette...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • HR practice
    • Family-friendly working

    New flexible working guide launched

    by Personnel Today 16 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 16 Oct 2009

    New guidance on flexible working that aims to improve staff productivity, lower business costs and help meet the needs of...

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    • Family-friendly benefits
    • Flexible working

    Businesses urged to consider flexible working

    by Personnel Today 12 Oct 2009
    by Personnel Today 12 Oct 2009

    One of Europe’s leading business support organisations is urging business owners to consider introducing flexible working in a bid to...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Maternity

    Mothers prefer to work part-time

    by Kat Baker 12 Oct 2009
    by Kat Baker 12 Oct 2009

    Mothers no longer want to commit to full-time employment, a study has found. The What women want and how they...

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

    Conservatives tackle flexible working and parental leave at conference

    by Louisa Peacock 30 Sep 2009
    by Louisa Peacock 30 Sep 2009

    The Conservatives will today reiterate their plans for improved flexible working and parental leave at a conference in London discussing...

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