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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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    Second major four-day week trial gets underway

    by Jo Faragher 4 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 4 Nov 2024

    The first official pilot of a four-day week under the Labour government begins today (4 November), with a view to presenting the findings next summer.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Amazon workers push for reversal of return to office policy

    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2024

    Workers at Amazon's AWS unit have written to their CEO urging for a reversal of its full-time return to office policy.

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Addison Lee executive ‘faked’ key email in worker status case

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Oct 2024

    About 700 Addison Lee drivers are arguing they are workers rather than self-employed contractors, entitled to rights such as holiday pay and the national minimum wage.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Commuting

    Hybrid work means more ‘active commuting’

    by Jo Faragher 28 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 28 Oct 2024

    Hybrid working has led to a boom in ‘active commuting’, according to a survey by International Workplace Group.

    • Hybrid working
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    • Latest News

    Exclusive: Most employees would consider quitting over flexible working

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 28 Oct 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 28 Oct 2024

    Most employees would think about quitting their job if limitations on flexible working were imposed, according to a new study.

    • Hybrid working
    • Civil Service
    • Latest News

    Civil Service recommits to 60% office attendance

    by Rob Moss 24 Oct 2024
    by Rob Moss 24 Oct 2024

    Civil Service recommits to three-day office attendance following reports that ministers were doing little to enforce hybrid working rules.

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Professional services

    Finance sector bosses want greater return to office

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Oct 2024

    Most of the UK’s financial sector bosses say they would like workers to spend more time in the office over the next year.

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    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Father awarded £20k after gossip about his flexible working

    by Jo Faragher 23 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 23 Oct 2024

    A father has won more than £20,000 in a claim for sex-based harassment after his colleagues ‘gossiped’ about him working flexible hours.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Discrimination

    ‘Hushed hybrid’: legal and commercial implications

    by Mini Chandramouli 15 Oct 2024
    by Mini Chandramouli 15 Oct 2024

    As employers mandate more days in the office, some staff are turning a blind eye. Mini Chandramouli examines the impact of 'hushed hybrid'.

    • Hybrid working
    • Offices
    • Latest News

    Questioning the Prime directive: what Amazon’s return to work memo got wrong

    by Victoria Lewis-Stephens 15 Oct 2024
    by Victoria Lewis-Stephens 15 Oct 2024

    Victoria Lewis-Stephens outlines the considerations for employers that end hybrid working policies.

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    • Zero hours

    Employment Rights Bill: 12 key takeaways

    by Liz Stevens 11 Oct 2024
    by Liz Stevens 11 Oct 2024

    Liz Stevens, professional support lawyer at law firm Birketts, highlights the key takeaways from the long-awaited Employment Rights Bill

    • Fire and rehire
    • Zero hours
    • Shared parental leave

    Employment Rights Bill: government outlines next steps for future reforms

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Oct 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Oct 2024

    The government unveils its Next Steps to Make Work Pay alongside the publication of its Employment Rights Bill today.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Zero hours
    • Employment law

    ‘This Bill means business’: lawyers react to employment rights proposals

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Oct 2024

    Employment lawyers give their initial reactions to the Employment Rights Bill after its full publication.

    • Hospitality
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Travelodge offers flexible roles in recruitment drive

    by Jo Faragher 9 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 9 Oct 2024

    Travelodge has said it will allow staff the option to choose hours and work that suits them as it launches a recruitment drive to fill more than 270 jobs.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Non-hybrid employers missing out on graduate talent

    by Jo Faragher 8 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 8 Oct 2024

    Companies that don’t offer hybrid working could be missing out on the best graduate talent, according to a survey by...

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