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Flexible working

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  • Type:
    Editor's choice

    Coming soon

    Updated to give details on how to register for our upcoming webinars on AI in the workplace

  • Date:
    17 April 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Employment Rights Bill - what's new, what's been dropped?

    In October 2024 the Government launched a major overhaul of employment law in the form of the Employment Rights Bill. A number of important amendments have been introduced since the proposed legislation was first published. Stephen Simpson, principal editor at Brightmine, joins the podcast to provide an update and help HR departments prepare for the changes.

  • Date:
    10 April 2025
    Type:
    News

    Post-pandemic starters seek more pay for on-site working

    Younger workers who started work after the pandemic expect to be paid more to work in the office full time, according to a study by BSI and think-tank ResPublica.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Compensation - flexible working

    Updated to reflect an increase in the cap on a week's pay, with effect from 6 April 2025.

  • Date:
    31 March 2025
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Neonatal care leave - a practical guide

    Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, and Brightmine senior legal editor Laura Merrylees discuss the new right to neonatal care leave and look at likely forthcoming changes to family-friendly employment rights in the Employment Rights Bill. 

  • Date:
    21 January 2025
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill essentials: Flexible working requests

    In the second part of a new series delving into the details of the Employment Rights Bill, we look at the proposed changes to the right to make a flexible working request.

  • Date:
    20 January 2025
    Type:
    News

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

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

  • Date:
    6 December 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill: 10 key policies employers must revamp

    The Employment Rights Bill packs 28 imposing employment law reforms into its 158 pages. While HR professionals await the substantive details needed to flesh out the Bill, we outline the key policies that you will need to update and an overview of what those updates might involve.

  • Date:
    15 November 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Flexible working research 2024: not without its challenges

    While the majority of organisations surveyed by Brightmine offer employees the possibility of flexible work, there are disparities in the working arrangements and the challenges faced by organisations, particularly around hybrid working and perceived fairness.

  • Date:
    24 October 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Employment Rights Bill - how HR can get ahead of the changes

    In this webinar, Brightmine legal editors Stephen Simpson and Zeba Sayed explain what the changes are going to be, what employers can do now to begin preparing and the potential timelines for implementation.