Employees can now request flexible working arrangements from the first day of their employment - rather than having to wait for over six months. After years of campaigning, the Flexible Working ...

British workers have got used to working remotely. Their employers still aren’t sure about it. Major companies, including Google and Lloyds Bank, have issued fresh threats to clamp down on staff who ...

Employees currently have a right to make a statutory request for flexible working from their first day in a job.

The UK government has legislation in the works that will formalize flexible working, increasing the number of remote-work requests workers are entitled to and shortening the time employers have to ...

Employers are being urged to widen access to flexible working during 2026, ahead of planned changes to employment law ...

Flexibility within a job is probably one of the biggest priorities right now for many UK workers. Which means a lot of people are going to be very happy following the recent update on the Flexible ...

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