The extension of the right to request flexible working is to be implemented on 30 June, a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills minister has said. Jenny Willott, the minister for employment relations and consumer affairs, was speaking at the Work… Read More ›

Implementation
‘Generations have different workplace needs’
Employers should be aware that different generations have different needs the workplace, the UK & Ireland HR director for Enterprise Rent-a-Car has said. Speaking at a Working Families briefing on flexible working, Leigh Lafever-Ayer said Enterprise has a relatively young… Read More ›
Flexible working: the management challenge
The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) needed to practice what it preaches and further embed flexible working in the organisation. Head of research and policy David Pardey explains the benefits and challenges. ILM grew interested in the issue of… Read More ›
Support needed for growing SMEs
Larger SMEs can struggle to implement flexible working practices, according to a report published last week. The Workingmums.co.uk good practice report features case studies of successful flexible working arrangements from the organisation’s Top Employers Awards last year. It is published… Read More ›
Employers celebrate flexible working success
Law firm Simmons & Simmons and housing association Wales & West Housing were among the businesses to scoop flexible working awards at the Top Employers for Working Families Awards this week. The awards, run by charity Working Families during National… Read More ›
‘Client expectations need to change around flexibility’
Employers must deal with the knock on effects of flexible working and manage client expectations if they are to successfully implement flexibility in their workforces, according to a report. The report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)… Read More ›