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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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    Legal Q&A: Flexible working requests

    by Personnel Today 12 Jun 2007
    by Personnel Today 12 Jun 2007

    With the school summer holidays fast approaching, where do employers stand regarding flexible working applications from parent and guardian employees?...

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    Exeter City Council to select staff to work from home for a year in flexible working initiative

    by Personnel Today 23 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 23 May 2007

    Up to eight Exeter City Council staff will be chosen to work from home for a year as part of an initiative...

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    • HR practice
    • Flexible working

    Telecom firms highlight potential dangers of allowing staff to work from home

    by Personnel Today 22 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 22 May 2007

    Telecoms companies have alerted employers to the potential pitfalls of letting staff work from home. Service provider Thus said that...

    • Flexible working
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    • Opinion

    Government drive for flexibility could backfire

    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007

    The government is continuing its family friendly workplace drive with vigour and last week laid out its proposals for the...

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    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Work Wise flexible working Quality Mark welcomed by employers

    by Louisa Peacock 21 May 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 21 May 2007

    Employer groups have wholeheartedly backed the Quality Mark launched by skills envoy Sir Digby Jones last week to enable businesses to improve recruitment...

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    • Economics, government & business

    Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones warns employers of the dangers of failing to rise to challenge of Eastern economies at Work Wise Summit

    by Louisa Peacock 17 May 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 17 May 2007

    Skills envoy Sir Digby Jones has warned UK businesses that unless they rise to the challenge of the new global...

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    • Flexible working

    Employers urged to take part in National Work from Home Day on 18 May

    by Personnel Today 16 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 16 May 2007

    Employers are being urged to take part in National Work from Home Day this Friday (18 May) to demonstrate the...

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    • Annual hours
    • Latest News

    Nearly one-third of UK employees work non-standard hours, research shows

    by Gareth Vorster 9 May 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 9 May 2007

    Up to one-third of UK employees work outside traditional working hours, research has found.
    A survey conducted by banking firm...

    • Annual hours
    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Nurseries suffer as flexible working rights enable mothers look after their own children

    by Gareth Vorster 1 May 2007
    by Gareth Vorster 1 May 2007

    Almost a quarter of nursery places are now unfilled as a result of more flexible parenting rights which enable mothers...

    • Business performance
    • Economics, government & business
    • HR practice

    Flexible working: job done? UK businesses and the work-life balancing act

    by Kirstie Redford 1 May 2007
    by Kirstie Redford 1 May 2007

    Almost nine out of 10 employers now provide staff with flexible working, according to a report by the British Chambers...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Flexible working – a new routine: Q&A

    by Personnel Today 12 Apr 2007
    by Personnel Today 12 Apr 2007

    XpertHR answers your questions on who can request flexible working and what an employer's obligations are.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • HR practice

    Women’s minister Ruth Kelly spends £500,000 from Quality Part Time Work Fund in bid to reduce gender pay gap

    by Personnel Today 3 Apr 2007
    by Personnel Today 3 Apr 2007

    Minister for women, Ruth Kelly, will grant nearly £500,000 to a number of organisations to create more quality part-time jobs...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
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    Carers UK charity issues free flexible working resource pack for employers

    by Personnel Today 2 Apr 2007
    by Personnel Today 2 Apr 2007

    Carers UK has produced a free resource pack for employers with more information about the new right for carers to request flexible working.The...

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

    Campaigners insist more childcare needed before lone parents with younger children can be forced to work

    by Greg Pitcher 29 Mar 2007
    by Greg Pitcher 29 Mar 2007

    Childcare must become more affordable and reliable before lone parents are forced back into work, campaigners have warned. The government...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Flexible working: Caring for the carers

    by Kirstie Redford 27 Mar 2007
    by Kirstie Redford 27 Mar 2007

    The charity Carers UK estimates that there are almost three million people in the UK who juggle their jobs and unpaid...

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