How should holiday entitlement be calculated when a part-time worker’s hours increase? Charlotte Taylor, employment solicitor at Winckworth Sherwood, considers a recent case. In the recent case of Greenfield v The Care Bureau Ltd (C-219/14), the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”)… Read More ›
Welcome to the latest edition of Flexible Boss – sporting a new look. In the spirit of flexibility and accessibility, we’ve moved on from the old page-turn PDF format. While pretty, it wasn’t very mobile friendly or searchable so we… Read More ›
Flexible recruitment expert Timewise has launched a search for the UK’s most flexible small business. In partnership with PwC, the Department for Business Innovation & Skills’ Business is Great campaign and the Department for Work & Pensions, the competition aims to… Read More ›
Part-time commuters could save £1,500 a year on travel if the government honoured a pledge to introduce flexible season tickets. Campaigners today delivered a joint letter to the Department for Transport saying that government is penalising part-time workers by failing… Read More ›
Flexible working is crucial in helping disabled people remain in the workplace. However, only one in three disabled people has been offered the flexible working options they need. Disability charity Scope has published A Million Futures, which surveyed more than… Read More ›
Employers in the service sector are ‘subverting’ workplace flexibility, causing financial insecurity, anxiety and stress among their workers, a study by Cambridge University academics has claimed. The Department of Sociology report has been submitted to government as part of the… Read More ›
Part-time workers cannot access most of the best-paid occupations in Britain, the TUC has warned. The Trades Union Congress has called for more better-paid, skilled jobs to be advertised as being open to flexible working and believes this would happen… Read More ›
Nearly one in four people planning to retire this year do not feel ready to stop working completely. Research by Prudential also shows that 13% of those scheduled to retire have chosen to delay. Class of 2014 is Prudential’s seventh… Read More ›
Roles that require workers to be physically present can still be flexible. Dentist Susy Madrugo explains how her employer’s attitude to flexible working is allowing her to fulfill career ambitions. My working week is a little more unusual than the… Read More ›
Part-time workers are significantly more motivated than their full-time counterparts, according to a report by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). Beyond the Bonus surveyed 1,000 workers, and found that 76% of part-time workers classed themselves as ‘highly’ or… Read More ›
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