18 Apr, 2024 New flexible working rules now in force By Michael Brownlee The Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 came into force on 6 April 2024 in England, Wales and Scotland. You can read our...
31 Jan, 2024 Our first podcast of 2024 has landed - workforce structures and changes afoot By Libby Hubbard Our first podcast of the new year (it's the last day of January, I think we can still call it the new year!) is about workforce...
31 Jul, 2023 Flexible working changes: New flexible friend or same old creaky companion? By Libby Hubbard The royal assent stamp will need some new ink given the amount of time it's been out of the box recently! The Employment Relations...
07 Jun, 2023 New term-time contracts take 'prime' position at Amazon - have you considered them? By Libby Hubbard Amazon has recently announced that working parents and grandparents will have the choice to work on term-time only contracts under a new...
08 Dec, 2022 The flex on flexible working – Government announces day one right to request By Katherine Sinclair The right to request flexible working has, until now, been a rather qualified right with the odds stacked in the employer’s favour....
07 Jun, 2022 Too good to be true or a truly revolutionary new way of doing work? By Katherine Sinclair Yesterday marked the start trial of about 70 companies in the UK 'taking part in what is thought to be the world's biggest pilot scheme...
22 Sep, 2021 Flexible working: Confirmation of rights from day one of employment to be announced tomorrow By Katherine Sinclair Tomorrow, it is anticipated that the Government is set to confirm reforms enabling employees to request the right to work from home from...
01 Jul, 2021 Flexible working: a perk for the few not a right for the many? By Katherine Sinclair When our current statutory right to request flexible working was introduced in 2014, the world of work was a world away from...