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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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    More than a remote chance of a surge in homeworking

    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2008

    In Personnel Today’s 20th anniversary issue (26 February), you ask: ‘Is the employee of the future going to be a...

    • Flexible working
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    Flexible working will define future workplace in 2028

    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 7 Mar 2008

    I was very interested to read the article by Peter Thomson (‘Will HR be about strategic partnership or operational support...

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

    Employee mobility is not something to be feared

    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008
    by Personnel Today 3 Mar 2008

    It is unfortunate that the secretary of state John Hutton believes that a move to extend the right to ask...

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    • Flexible working

    CIPD dismay over government caution on right to request flexible working

    by Gareth Vorster 22 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 22 Feb 2008

    Government reluctance to extend the right to request flexible working to include more parents, has been met with disappointment by...

    • Latest News
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    • Recruitment & retention

    John Hutton warns of employer backlash over flexible work rights

    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008
    by Gareth Vorster 19 Feb 2008

    Business secretary John Hutton has warned of a backlash from employers if the right to ask for flexible working is...

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

    CBI says no to flexible working free-for-all

    by Louisa Peacock 11 Feb 2008
    by Louisa Peacock 11 Feb 2008

    The CBI has warned that extending the right to request flexible working to parents of children aged 18 or under...

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

    Working mothers want flexible working options for Christmas period

    by Greg Pitcher 21 Dec 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 21 Dec 2007

    Four in five working mums are dreaming of a more flexible Christmas, according to a survey.The poll of 500 working...

    • Flexible benefits
    • Flexible working
    • Pay & benefits

    Trade secrets: supporting carers in the workplace

    by Personnel Today 11 Dec 2007
    by Personnel Today 11 Dec 2007

    At some point in our lives more than half of us will become carers, whether it be for parents, a...

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

    Carers lose jobs or cut hours in search for work-life balance, losing £11,000 a year

    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2007
    by Mike Berry 7 Dec 2007

    Carers lose an average of £11,000 a year in earnings through caring for disabled or sick relatives, research has found.The...

    • Latest News
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Flexible working now offered by 95% of employers

    by Mike Berry 3 Dec 2007
    by Mike Berry 3 Dec 2007

    More employers than ever before are offering some kind of flexible working to their staff, according to the government’s latest...

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    • Flexible working

    More flexible working will help business and families

    by Personnel Today 27 Nov 2007
    by Personnel Today 27 Nov 2007

    The government’s proposals to extend flexible working rights to parents of teenage children will have pronounced benefits for both the...

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Maternity

    Flexibility is all about getting women back into the workforce

    by Personnel Today 27 Nov 2007
    by Personnel Today 27 Nov 2007

    I read Michael Millar’s‘Bye Bye Baby’ article (Off Message, Personnel Today, 6 November) with interest during the 2am feed, and...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Will changes to the regulations change attitudes to flexible working?

    by Louisa Peacock 20 Nov 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 20 Nov 2007

    It’s not often the main political parties agree on something, but when it comes to flexible working, the UK has...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Asking for flexible working is not the same as getting it

    by Personnel Today 19 Nov 2007
    by Personnel Today 19 Nov 2007

    An extension of the right to request flexible working should hold no fears for employers.

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

    Sainsbury’s human resources director Imelda Walsh to lead independent review into extending right to request flexible working

    by Gareth Vorster 7 Nov 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 7 Nov 2007

    Imelda Walsh, human resources director at supermarket giant Sainsbury’s, has been tasked with leading an independent review into how the...

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