Podcast: Flexible working requests
We discuss dealing with flexible working requests, including the wider benefits of flexible working for employee wellbeing and addressing gender pay imbalances in the workplace.
View ArticleRight to request flexible working: health (England and Wales)
Additional information on the law on the right to request flexible working for NHS employers. To be read in conjunction with the general information on the law on the right to request flexible working.
View ArticleFlexible working: employer successfully defends policy that administrative...
This employment tribunal held that it was not indirect sex discrimination for a small investment banking firm to require a single-parent mother to work full time as an executive secretary.
View ArticleFlexible working: new mother's rejected homeworking request handled in a...
This employment tribunal held that an employer properly handled a new mother's rejected flexible working request to work from home primarily in the evenings.
View ArticlePodcast: Requesting flexible working after maternity leave
We look at flexible working requests, focusing on the issues that may arise when women returning from maternity leave request a change to their working hours.
View ArticleFlexible working requests: common employer pitfalls
More than a quarter of women polled in a recent survey by Workingmums had their flexible working request turned down, and nearly one in five has had to leave her job because her request was refused....
View ArticleCase round-up
Chris Cook is a partner and Keely Rushmore is a senior associate at SA Law. They round up the latest rulings.
View ArticleLegal and practical tips for employers on homeworking
This month on 19 May it is "National work from home day". So what should employers be aware of if they want to facilitate homeworking?
View ArticleHow to find the balance between flexible working and "always on"
Research has shown that many workers value flexible working over a pay rise. Sarah Thompson asks how can employers ensure that being able to log on from anywhere does not lead to people never turning off?
View ArticleAcas research highlights pros and cons of flexible working
There are hidden benefits and drawbacks to flexible working arrangements, new research from employment adviser Acas finds. Adrian Wakeling, senior policy adviser, looks at the key messages for employers.
View ArticleCould an organisation work on a completely remote basis?
Most employers now embrace some form of flexible and remote working, but self-publishing company Reedsy has taken this to the extreme. Cath Everett finds out the benefits and challenges of having a...
View ArticleAcas study urges higher take-up of flexible working
A report published today by Acas calls for more flexible working for parents returning to work after parental leave as a way to tackle gender inequality and the gender pay gap.
View ArticleFlexible working: Respond to a statutory request to work flexibly
Use this flexible working workflow to ensure that, on receiving a flexible working request, you comply with the requirements set out in the law on the right to request flexible working.
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