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Flexible working

New and updated

  • 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 Act 2025 essentials: Flexible working requests

    In the second part of a new series delving into the details of the Employment Rights Act 2025, 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:
    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.

  • Date:
    18 October 2024
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Employment Rights Bill research 2024

    The first draft of the Employment Rights Bill was published on 10 October - just ahead of 100 days into the new Labour Government. We take an early look at how HR is reacting to the changes included in the Bill.

  • 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.

  • 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.