Future of work

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• Date:

  5 October 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Flexible working requests - the fundamentals and the future

  Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, guides you through the fundamentals of handling flexible working requests and discusses the future of flexible working in the post-pandemic workplace.

• Date:

  21 September 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: How to develop line managers' communication skills in a hybrid working model

  Executive trainer and facilitator, Doron Davidson-Vidavski takes us through the communication skills needed by line managers in a hybrid working model.

• Date:

  10 September 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Hybrid working - building an inclusive and collaborative culture

  Victoria Lewis addresses the challenges posed by getting employees back to the workplace and creating a hybrid working model that supports and facilitates inclusion, collaboration, engagement and trust.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter announcing decision not to move permanently to hybrid working model following trial period

  A model letter to announce the decision not to move permanently to the hybrid working model following an unsuccessful trial period.

• Date:

  2 September 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Hybrid working trial periods: A guide for HR

  It is good practice for employers to run a trial period before committing to the hybrid working model. A trial period gives them the chance to identify any issues and assess whether individual employees, roles or teams are suited to this new way of working. Stephen Simpson considers how employers can operate an effective hybrid working trial period.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employees announcing hybrid working trial period

  A model letter to announce a trial period adopting the hybrid/blended working model so that your organisation can establish if the model works, pin down the most effective working arrangements, and identify and address any issues that arise.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter providing update to employees on progress of hybrid working trial period

  A model letter to provide an update to employees during a trial period adopting the hybrid/blended working model.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Employee survey on hybrid working trial period

  A model employee survey to gauge your staff's experiences of the hybrid/blended working model during a trial period.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter confirming permanent move to hybrid working model following trial period

  A model letter to confirm to employees that the hybrid working model is being adopted permanently following a successful trial period.

• Date:

  20 July 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: Professor Cary Cooper on the future of the workplace

  Professor Cary Cooper, CBE, joins us to discuss the future of the workplace and the key skills required of line managers in a hybrid setting.