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Flexible working

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  • Type:
    Employment law guide

    Right to request flexible working

    Updated to reflect proposed reforms to flexible working requests under the Employment Rights Bill, which was published on 10 October 2024.

  • Type:
    Legal timetable

    Reform of the right to request flexible working

    Updated to reflect the provisions of the Employment Rights Bill, which was published on 10 October 2024.

  • Date:
    3 October 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Right to disconnect: What can the UK learn from other countries?

    The UK Government is seeking to introduce the right to "switch off", which will allow workers to disconnect from work and not be contacted by their employer outside working hours. Labour has indicated that it intends to follow the models in Ireland and Belgium but with the details of the legislation still unclear, what clues can employers glean from these and other countries' approaches to the right to disconnect?

  • Date:
    12 September 2024
    Type:
    News

    Two-thirds of professional service firms stop advertising fully remote roles

    Two in three (64%) professional service firms have stopped advertising fully remote roles, while nearly one in four (23%) have increased employee office days in the past 12 months.

  • Date:
    29 August 2024
    Type:
    News

    Right to switch off would boost productivity - No 10

    Downing Street has commented on the government's plans to introduce a 'right to switch off' adding that it could boost productivity by allowing people time to rest.

  • Date:
    18 July 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employment Rights Bill: Eight things HR needs to know

    During the state opening of Parliament, the Government trailed its Employment Rights Bill, which will make wide-ranging and radical changes to employment law in the coming years. In advance of the publication of the full text of the Employment Rights Bill, what do HR professionals need to know about what is in store for them?

  • Type:
    Leading practice guides

    Flexible working: Making the business case

    Updated to include information on how flexible working can help enable people with various neurodivergent conditions to participate in the workplace.

  • Date:
    16 May 2024
    Type:
    News

    Half of employees would move jobs for four-day week

    More than half of employees would be tempted to take a job at a different organisation if it offered a four-day working week, but employers are concerned about its impact on operations and productivity, a survey has revealed.

  • Type:
    Employment law cases

    Flexible working: Employment tribunal round-up

    We look at four recent employment cases brought over the mishandling of flexible working requests, including two where the tribunal found the employee had been constructively dismissed.

  • Date:
    17 April 2024
    Type:
    News

    1.4 million workers face 'double jeopardy'

    New analysis has shown that 1.4 million people face the 'double jeopardy' of working in severely insecure jobs while living in privately rented accommodation.