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Hybrid working

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  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Hybrid working policy

    A model policy to set out your organisation's approach to hybrid/blended working, when moving to this way of working.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Employee survey on proposed move to hybrid working model

    A model employee survey to gauge your staff's attitude to, and appetite for, a move to the hybrid/blended working model.

  • Date:
    26 April 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: Reopening the workplace - vaccinations and employee testing

    Max Winthrop, partner and head of the employment law team at Short, Richardson & Forth, explores the key areas employers will have to consider when deciding how to reopen the workplace safely.

  • Date:
    26 April 2021
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Planning the future of your workplace: Six things for HR to consider

    The scale and duration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the enforced shift to home-based working has led many organisations to think about the future of the workplace and a move towards a hybrid or blended working model. Gemma Dale takes us through six areas for HR to consider as part of its planning process.

  • Type:
    Interactive flowcharts

    Flexible working: Respond to a statutory request to work flexibly

    Use this flexible working flowchart to ensure that, on receiving a flexible working request, you comply with the requirements set out in the law on the right to request flexible working.

  • Date:
    18 March 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Webinar: The future of the workplace

    Gemma Dale, HR professional and coach and lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, discusses what we have learned as a result of mass homeworking and how we can use this learning to shape future plans and working patterns for the workplace.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter inviting employee to meeting to discuss move to hybrid working

    A model letter to invite an employee to a meeting to discuss a potential permanent move to hybrid/blended working. For example, your organisation could seek to agree with the employee to split their time between working from home and attending the workplace, or to build increased flexibility into the employee's working location.

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Letter to employee confirming move to hybrid working

    A model letter to confirm a permanent move to hybrid/blended working. For example, your organisation could have agreed with the employee to split their time between working at home and attendance at the workplace, or to build increased flexibility into the employee's working location.

  • Date:
    10 February 2021
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: HR, the pandemic and the future of the workplace

    Gemma Dale, HR professional and lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University, joins us to talk about the crucial role HR has played in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and the future of the workplace.

  • Date:
    3 February 2021
    Type:
    Case studies

    How Orbit Group introduced a "post-pandemic" homeworking programme for 850 employees

    Orbit Group talks to XpertHR about WorkSmart, a programme to allow staff to continue to work from home even when there are no coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions in place.