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Working from home

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.

Working from home is one of the most common forms of flexible working that employers offer. Homeworking means a worker agreeing to perform some or all work for the employer in his or her home.

A homeworking policy can provide benefits for an employer, for example allowing a valuable employee more flexibility, increasing the chances of retention. Challenges for homeworkers include ensuring they have the discipline to work alone and remotely, employee communication, and health and safety issues.


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    Office attendance linked to positive employee wellbeing

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 23 Jan 2025

    There is a positive link between workplace attendance and wellbeing, with three or four times a week being the ideal number of in-office days.

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    Ex-M&S and Asda boss slams working from home

    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Jan 2025

    Lord Stuart Rose, former boss of Asda and Marks & Spencer, has decried working from home as 'not doing proper work'.

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    London commuting data shows limited impact of office mandates

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024

    New research on commuting patterns in London confirms the limited impact of ‘back to the office’ directives.

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    Return to office ‘more about appearance than purpose’

    by Jo Faragher 21 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 21 Nov 2024

    Almost half of managers in the UK admit that being in the office is more about appearance, according to new research from Indeed.

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    Who made the best background music, Mozart or Mercury?

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Oct 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Oct 2024

    The links between music, attention span and digital interference are still not fully understood. But now the search for the...

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    Presence and productivity: does office time really make a difference?

    by Jo Faragher 3 Oct 2024
    by Jo Faragher 3 Oct 2024

    Does being in the office mean productivity is higher, or can employees achieve better outputs at home?

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    Return to office mandate: has Amazon signalled the start of the post-diversity era?

    by Dr Melissa Carr 20 Sep 2024
    by Dr Melissa Carr 20 Sep 2024

    While some companies are moving back to the office, others are expanding flexible working practices.

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    More flexibility for teachers on way to reverse recruitment crisis

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Sep 2024

    Marking and lesson planning are two of the tasks that teachers could carry out away from their usual workplace under the plans.

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    Fewer UK employers offering fully remote roles, LinkedIn finds

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Sep 2024

    New data from LinkedIn highlights a general decline in the number of UK organisations hiring for fully remote positions.

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    Amazon orders full-time office return

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 17 Sep 2024

    Amazon chief executive tells staff they must return to the office five days a week from January 2025, ending its hybrid working policy.

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    Business secretary defends Employment Rights Bill

    by Jo Faragher 17 Sep 2024
    by Jo Faragher 17 Sep 2024

    Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds has rebutted accusations that the government’s Employment Rights Bill could stifle employers.

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    How asynchronous work is reshaping productivity and work-life balance

    by Danny Coleman 2 Sep 2024
    by Danny Coleman 2 Sep 2024

    In today's workplace, a new buzzword has emerged that's reshaping how we think about collaboration and productivity: asynchronous work.

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    Employers urged to take action during riots

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 7 Aug 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 7 Aug 2024

    Guidance for employers is issued following the continued social unrest which is “one of the worst spates of violent disorder”.

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    Women who work remotely struggle with boundaries

    by Jo Faragher 7 Aug 2024
    by Jo Faragher 7 Aug 2024

    Women struggle to separate their work and home lives when working remotely, researchers have confirmed.

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    Police officer who slept on duty committed gross misconduct

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 31 Jul 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 31 Jul 2024

    A police officer who slept while pretending to work from home committed gross misconduct, an internal investigation has found.

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