Flexible working

Chief executives and finance directors are increasingly taking an active interest in flexible benefit schemes as they realise the positive...

While top law firms are advising clients on the benefits of flexible working, very few of them are practising what...

Flexible reward is a business need and no longer a ‘nice-to-have’, according to consultancy Watson Wyatt. Morag Prosser, a senior...

For some people, getting to and from work is the most stressful part of their working day. A survey by...

Claire McCartney looks at the findings of a new report into the practicalities of introducing a flexible working policy
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Andrew Foster, HR director at the NHS, talks to Mike Berry about managing vast numbers in the world's third largest workforce

Long-term relationships at work are back in vogue as employers tire of the disposable workforce. Or so the facts suggest

The workers' freedom to work is more than just an employers' con trick - it's about flexibility and the right to choose

A new qualification that allows learners and employers to mix and match skills according to requirements looks set to boost the number of qualified IT users at work.

The Archbishop of Canterbury believes portfolio working is no kind of job for a person of integrity. He's right - up to a point

In 2003 an employee's right to ask for flexible working to care for children under six or disabled children under 18 became law. In April 2004 the Government increased this provision to include carers of the elderly. How are companies and HR departments coping with these changes? Four UK employers tell us how they are handling the changes.

Children's minister Margaret Hodge tells Nic Paton why childcare must be seen as a core business responsibility