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Work-life balance

“Work-life balance” typically means the achievement by employees of equality between time spent working and personal life.

A good work-life balance for employees can improve staff motivation, increase staff retention rates, reduce absence, attract new talent, and reduce employee stress.

The right to request flexible working is designed to encourage employees to improve their work-life balance. Employees with 26 weeks’ continuous service have the right to request from their employer a change to the number of hours they work, the times they work or the place where they work.


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    Labour policies could include flexible work and right to disconnect

    by Jo Faragher 15 May 2023
    by Jo Faragher 15 May 2023

    Leaked policy pledges from the Labour party show a raft of measures aimed at supporting pay transparency and work-life balance.

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    Spain to trial four-day week for smaller businesses

    by Jo Faragher 17 Apr 2023
    by Jo Faragher 17 Apr 2023

    Spanish companies with fewer than 250 employees can apply for a pilot government scheme to reduce their working week.

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    Government accused of keeping teacher workload report ‘under wraps’

    by Rob Moss 12 Apr 2023
    by Rob Moss 12 Apr 2023

    Unions accuse the Department for Education of sitting on a report that showed that one in four teachers' workloads exceed 60 hours per week

    • Four-day week
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    Four-day week trial results show 92% will continue policy

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Feb 2023

    The UK four-day week trial results show that most will continue, with employers seeing a reduction in burnout, fatigue and sickness absence.

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    How M&S is improving work-life balance for retail managers

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Dec 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Dec 2022

    M&S has launched Worklife, a new flexible working programme where retail managers can work a four-day week or nine-day fortnight.

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    HR insights: Cost of living crisis and hybrid working (webinar)

    by XpertHR 7 Dec 2022
    by XpertHR 7 Dec 2022

    HR anticipates that 2023 will be another challenging year as it plays a key role in protecting the business in...

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    • Ireland

    Four-day week scheme in Ireland judged a success

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Dec 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Dec 2022

    The businesses gave the trial a 9.2 rating on a scale of 1-10 but critics maintain that the four-day week is a flawed concept.

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    • North America

    Lessons from US-based company’s trial of a four-day week

    by Robert Graham 18 Nov 2022
    by Robert Graham 18 Nov 2022

    The concept of a four-day work week has gained traction in the UK, but how feasible is it in other...

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    Flexible Working Bill to be debated today

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Oct 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Oct 2022

    If passed, the Bill will give employees a day-one right to request flexible working.

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    • Stress
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    How a four-day work week could improve wellbeing

    by Noura Dadzie 10 Oct 2022
    by Noura Dadzie 10 Oct 2022

    Many employers are considering the work-life and wellbeing benefits of a four-day week.

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    How to reignite employee passion – and tackle ‘quiet quitting‘

    by Mary Alice Vuicic 7 Oct 2022
    by Mary Alice Vuicic 7 Oct 2022

    The answers to lack of enthusiasm for work often lie outside the job itself, argues Mary Alice Vuicic. But that doesn't mean firms can't do anything about it.

    • Hybrid working
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    Candidates more likely to back out of job offers

    by Rob Moss 31 Aug 2022
    by Rob Moss 31 Aug 2022

    Jobseekers more likely to back out of accepted job offers, mainly because they receive a better offer elsewhere.

    • Europe
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    • Paternity

    EU member states to make carer work-life balance measures law

    by Zoe Wickens 5 Aug 2022
    by Zoe Wickens 5 Aug 2022

    EU member states must apply rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers by transposing the Work-Life Balance Directive into law.

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    • Productivity

    Four-day week: what are the legal considerations for HR?

    by Jo Faragher 28 Jun 2022
    by Jo Faragher 28 Jun 2022

    What are the legal and practical considerations of moving to the four-day a week working model?

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    Four-day week trial begins today

    by Jo Faragher 6 Jun 2022
    by Jo Faragher 6 Jun 2022

    Around 70 companies will begin a trial of a four-day week today (6 June) in what is thought to be the biggest pilot of its kind.

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