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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

    Lack of career development opportunities keep City workers on the lookout for new jobs

    by Georgina Fuller 13 Sep 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 13 Sep 2006

    Four in 10 City workers are looking for a new job, a survey has revealed. About 43% of the 242...

    • Latest News
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Women over 50 are the ideal managers for a flexible working business world

    by Michael Millar 21 Aug 2006
    by Michael Millar 21 Aug 2006

    It seems you can't teach young dogs new tricks, as new research shows younger managers are the most suspicious of flexible working practices

    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Economics, government & business

    Personnel Today’s tax breaks for carers campaign

    by Martin Couzins 14 Aug 2006
    by Martin Couzins 14 Aug 2006

    Personnel Today is supporting an employer-led campaign to introduce tax breaks for employees who support older relatives. As a part of the campaign Personnel Today is asking HR professionals to sign our petition to urge the government to include tax breaks for carers in its next comprehensive spending review, to be announced in Spring 2007.

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Employers turn down working fathers’ requests for flexible hours

    by Personnel Today 12 Jul 2006
    by Personnel Today 12 Jul 2006

    More working fathers are starting to ask employers for flexible hours, but they are still far more likely than women to have their requests turned down, new research has revealed.

    • Employee relations
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Roundtable discussion: Identity crisis

    by Personnel Today 11 Jul 2006
    by Personnel Today 11 Jul 2006

    Research reveals that most of us change our identities when we're at work. But what does this mean for our personal values? Jo Faragher met a group of HR and workplace professionals with diverging experiences and opinions.

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    Flexible UK challenged by Cranfield survey of 8,000 companies in 32 countries

    by Personnel Today 7 Jul 2006
    by Personnel Today 7 Jul 2006

    UK's flexible labour market could be a myth according to research.

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Weekly dilemma… Requests for time off

    by Personnel Today 20 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 20 Jun 2006

    I have been approached by one of our line managers regarding a request made by an employee to leave early on a Friday for religious reasons.

    • HR practice
    • Flexible working
    • Sickness absence

    Support tax breaks for carers

    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 13 Jun 2006

    Giving tax breaks to carers should be a no-brainer. It works for childcare, so why shouldn’t it work for eldercare?...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Women returning to work failing to reach earning potential

    by Michael Millar 11 May 2006
    by Michael Millar 11 May 2006

    Many women trying to return to work are not achieving their earning potential, according to a new study by the University of Sheffield

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Spotlight on support for carers

    by Personnel Today 2 May 2006
    by Personnel Today 2 May 2006

    As the average age of the UK population rises, more people will find themselves juggling work with care responsibilities.According to...

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Employment tribunals

    Turning down applications for flexible working can automatically constitute a grievance

    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 27 Apr 2006

    Case law has shifted the emphasis in grievance procedures so that an application for flexible working, if turned down, could trigger an employment tribunal claim if not treated as a grievance

    • Latest News
    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention

    Friday is National Work From Home Day

    by Mike Berry 26 Apr 2006
    by Mike Berry 26 Apr 2006

    Campaign for smarter working practices calls on businesses to see the benefits of flexible working

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    • Case law
    • Employment law

    CASE ROUND-UP: contract terms for sickness absence and requests for part-time working

    by Personnel Today 25 Apr 2006
    by Personnel Today 25 Apr 2006

    Contract terms for sickness absence and part-time working requests.

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Flexible working

    Culture change needed as prejudice against parents dominates UK workplace

    by dan thomas 4 Apr 2006
    by dan thomas 4 Apr 2006

    Parents returning to work continue to get a raw deal as employers cling to outdated work practices.

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Flexible working

    Recent graduates expect more from their employers

    by Georgina Fuller 31 Mar 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 31 Mar 2006

    Graduates born after 1980 are looking for flexible working and a better work-life balance, as well as career development from their employers

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