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- Date:
- 17 September 2026
- Type:
- News
Managers will be required to have a meeting with employees who request flexible working, according to Louise Haigh, first secretary of state. Speaking at the TUC conference this week, Haigh revealed that changes to flexible working legislation, due to take force in 2027, will require employers to "sit down with their employee, properly consider it and explain why".
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- Date:
- 12 August 2026
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
In the modern workplace, the idea of a "typical employee" has disappeared. For organisations, adapting to this shift requires more than policy updates - it demands a complete overhaul of how people are supported, managed and trusted. Caroline Green asks HR professionals how employers should rethink their approach to respond to increasingly varied workforce needs.
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- Date:
- 26 September 2025
- Type:
- News
Despite a rise in return-to-office mandates, the majority of UK hybrid workers still only go into the office three (41%) or four (27%) days a week, a poll has argued.
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- Date:
- 4 July 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
While many employers acknowledge that flexible working already is the new default way of working, in line with the Government's ambitions for the modern workforce, creating arrangements that meet the needs of both businesses and employees remains a challenge.
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- Date:
- 21 January 2025
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
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.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Updated to include information on how flexible working can help enable people with various neurodivergent conditions to participate in the workplace.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
Updated to reflect changes to the statutory right to request flexible working process in force from 6 April 2024, and the impact on strategies leading employers can adopt.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
Updated to reflect the revised Acas code of practice on requests for flexible working.
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- Date:
- 5 October 2023
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Director of Epic HR Gary Cookson recently delivered a webinar for XpertHR entitled Hybrid working - How to personalise the employee experience. During the session, he asked attendees a number of questions about the realities of the new post-Covid world, which is increasingly characterised by hybrid working arrangements.
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- Type:
- Leading practice guides
In this fourth guide, we examine the importance of evaluating flexible working; the timetable for evaluation; which HR metrics to focus on; and how to measure the impact of flexible working in eight key areas.