An employee has submitted a request for homeworking and you suspect that it is motivated by a desire to reduce their childcare costs. How can you make it clear that your time isn’t for looking after
their children?
Published 06.11.2014
It’s estimated that approximately 4.2 million employees carry out some form of homeworking. With these arrangements, much emphasis is placed on the advantages but there are significant downsides too.
What are they?
Published 22.09.2016
You gave one of your employees permission to work from home on a part-time basis, but her work has begun to steadily deteriorate. How should you deal with this problem and prevent it from recurring
with someone else?
Published 17.05.2007
You might have heard that some employers are introducing flexible working as a means of avoiding redundancies. If this idea appeals, what key areas should you consider carefully before you approach
staff about it?
Published 02.04.2009
According to a recent survey, employees don’t want money - they’re more motivated by flexibility. So if you want to roll this out for all staff, what should you do?
Published 15.06.2010
The average homeworker gains 60 minutes per day by not commuting into work. However, 42% of homeworkers claim that no commute is having a negative effect on their well-being. So, should you encourage
homeworkers to “fake commute”?
Published 22.12.2020
You may have staff who have agreed to work flexibly in order to try to avoid a redundancy situation. Can you simply rely on an “ad hoc” verbal arrangement, or is it safer to put it in writing?
Published 05.06.2009
Apparently, as many as 80% of smaller employers who permit flexible working have no formal flexible working policy in place. Why is this wrong and what should a policy include?
Published 13.06.2019
In May 2021 it was reported that only 5.5% of job ads mention flexible working. Must you include information about the possibility of flexible working in your job ads or not?
Published 25.05.2021
The Labour party has pledged to give all employees the right to request flexible working from day one of employment if it wins the next general election. You could do this anyway, but why is it
probably a bad idea?
Published 07.03.2019