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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

    How to: use flexible working to avoid redundancies

    by Blair Adams 11 Jan 2009
    by Blair Adams 11 Jan 2009

    Flexible working encompasses a whole variety of arrangements, not just part-time working. These include: job sharing, home working, term-time-only working,...

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working could be the key to weathering winter storms

    by Greg Pitcher 9 Jan 2009
    by Greg Pitcher 9 Jan 2009

    Embracing flexible working could help employers avoid the kind of disruption caused by last week’s freezing weather and winter viruses,...

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Flexible working

    TUC welcomes StaffShare secondment plan

    by Mike Berry 5 Jan 2009
    by Mike Berry 5 Jan 2009

    A new service which enables organisations to sell the time of their staff has been welcomed by the TUC.StaffShare allows organisations...

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    • Flexible working

    CIPD praises decision not to put flexible working extension on hold

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Dec 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Dec 2008

    CIPD chief executive Jackie Orme has praised the government for “holding its nerve” with its decision to extend flexible working...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Queen’s Speech: workplace equality, flexible working, welfare reform and skills all on the agenda

    by Greg Pitcher 3 Dec 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 3 Dec 2008

    Measures to increase workplace equality, extend flexible working rights, reform the welfare-to-work process and boost skills featured in the Queen’s...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Flexible working doubts grow as government fails to commit to Walsh Review

    by Guy Logan 17 Nov 2008
    by Guy Logan 17 Nov 2008

    The government has been urged to stop dithering and make a quick decision on the new flexible working laws as...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Flexible future for small businesses

    by Personnel Today 12 Nov 2008
    by Personnel Today 12 Nov 2008

    A new website, flexible-working, will be launched in Cornwall this morning which will help small businesses boost their productivity and profits...

    • Business performance
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    • Economics, government & business

    Boat manufacturer cuts staff hours to stay afloat

    by Greg Pitcher 11 Nov 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 11 Nov 2008

    Luxury yacht builder Fairline Boats has drastically cut the hours of hundreds of workers due to the economic crisis.The Northamptonshire...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Flexible working: bouncing back

    by Stephanie Sparrow` 10 Nov 2008
    by Stephanie Sparrow` 10 Nov 2008

    Flexible working is making a comeback – driven by the impending recession and government enthusiasm for the concept.
    Flexible working...

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    • Family-friendly working
    • Flexible working

    Flexible working extension delay is short-term approach

    by Mike Emmott 31 Oct 2008
    by Mike Emmott 31 Oct 2008

    Lord Mandelson’s political instincts are legendary, and his determination to make a major impact immediately as the new business secretary...

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

    Recession drives fulltime mums to find work online

    by Personnel Today 29 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 29 Oct 2008

    As the UK enters recession, thousands of stay-at-home mums are using the internet to find occasional work to supplement the...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Mandelson hint at delay to flexible working extension provokes anger

    by Personnel Today 27 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 27 Oct 2008

    The government has been warned that postponing the extension of flexible working rights would be “misguided” and “a really big...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Flexible working legislation delay denied by Peter Mandelson

    by Personnel Today 22 Oct 2008
    by Personnel Today 22 Oct 2008

    Business secretary Peter Mandelson has distanced himself from claims he is to delay the introduction of regulations on flexible working...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly working

    Flexible working review reports regarded with suspicion by TUC chief

    by Guy Logan 21 Oct 2008
    by Guy Logan 21 Oct 2008

    TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has questioned “astonishing” reports that the government plans to suspend the extension of the right...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Family-friendly working

    Economic crisis offers mums more opportunity for flexible work

    by Greg Pitcher 15 Oct 2008
    by Greg Pitcher 15 Oct 2008

    The economic crisis presents a great opportunity for mums to find flexible work, according to an expert. Gillian Nissim, founder...

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