Flexible working

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Right to request flexible working

  Updated to include a reference to the Government's consultation on reforming flexible working legislation.

• Date:

  21 September 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Podcast: How to develop line managers' communication skills in a hybrid working model

  Executive trainer and facilitator, Doron Davidson-Vidavski takes us through the communication skills needed by line managers in a hybrid working model.

• Date:

  12 September 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Top of the podcasts

  We round up some of our most popular podcasts published this year.

• Date:

  10 September 2021

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Webinar: Hybrid working - building an inclusive and collaborative culture

  Victoria Lewis addresses the challenges posed by getting employees back to the workplace and creating a hybrid working model that supports and facilitates inclusion, collaboration, engagement and trust.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Audit of roles suitable for hybrid working

  An example spreadsheet to keep a record of roles that are suitable for hybrid/blended working. The audit can assist employers that are moving to the hybrid/blended working model to keep track of which roles are suitable for this way of working.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form to assess specific role's suitability for hybrid working

  An example form to assess a specific role's suitability for hybrid/blended working. The assessment can assist employers that are moving to the hybrid/blended working model to decide which roles are suitable for this way of working.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter announcing decision not to move permanently to hybrid working model following trial period

  A model letter to announce the decision not to move permanently to the hybrid working model following an unsuccessful trial period.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter to employees whose role is not suitable for hybrid working

  A model letter where your organisation is moving to the hybrid/blended working model but there are roles for which this way of working is not suitable.

• Date:

  2 September 2021

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Hybrid working trial periods: A guide for HR

  It is good practice for employers to run a trial period before committing to the hybrid working model. A trial period gives them the chance to identify any issues and assess whether individual employees, roles or teams are suited to this new way of working. Stephen Simpson considers how employers can operate an effective hybrid working trial period.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter announcing permanent move to hybrid working model

  A model letter to confirm to employees that the hybrid working model is being adopted permanently.