Flexible working

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter rejecting employee's appeal against refusal to grant flexible working request

  Updated to cover the scenario where an employee has been working flexibly because of the coronavirus pandemic and is seeking to make this arrangement permanent.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter responding to employee's flexible working request

  Updated to cover the scenario where an employee has been working flexibly because of the coronavirus pandemic and is seeking to make this arrangement permanent.

• Date:

  8 June 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Lifting the lockdown: Permanent homeworking arrangements

  Many organisations moved to large-scale homeworking overnight when coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown arrangements were introduced. But as governments ease restrictions, some are now actively considering whether or not the arrangements could be made permanent.

• Type:

  Line manager briefings

  Homeworking

  Updated to include guidance for line managers whose team members are working from home during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, including on returning to the workplace as lockdown measures ease.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Temporary homeworking policy during coronavirus pandemic

  Updated to include information on the temporary tax exemption for equipment purchased by employees working from home.

• Date:

  26 May 2020

  Type:

  News

  Working from home proves real bonus for City employees

  More than three-quarters of City of London financial services workers feel they are at least as productive working from home during the lockdown as they were in the office with the lack of commuting commonly cited as a key reason.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus (COVID-19): Letter highlighting how homeworking employees can look after their mental health

  Updated to reflect that some workers are being asked to continue homeworking while others are starting to return to the workplace.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form to record health and safety discussion with homeworker during coronavirus pandemic

  A model form for a line manager to record a health and safety discussion with a homeworker during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

• Type:

  How to

  How to manage homeworkers

  Updated to reflect an increase in the tax-free sum employers can pay to employees for household expenses without the need for evidence of expenditure.

• Date:

  16 April 2020

  Type:

  News

  Half of workers expect remote working reversal after Covid-19

  Despite many workers saying they feel trusted and that employers have done well in implementing working from home over the past month, almost half of workers expect a return to limited flexible working policies once the coronavirus lockdown ends.