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- Type:
- Training
Enhanced throughout with guidance for line managers on handling flexible working requests, including the use of trial periods and managing competing requests, as well as talking points for training sessions.
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- Date:
- 1 July 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
As we reach the midpoint of 2022, HR professionals would be forgiven for losing track of all the live employment law proposals and what they mean for their organisation. To assist HR with planning for the rest of the year and beyond, we round up the major employment law changes in the pipeline as of mid-2022.
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- Date:
- 22 April 2022
- Type:
- Employment law cases
We look at three successful employment tribunal claims brought over the mishandling of flexible working requests. We also examine two Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions on getting agreement from the employee to extend the three-month decision period and the requirement for a single mother to be available to work late shifts.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Key differences in the law relating to part-time workers and the right to request flexible working in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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- Date:
- 29 March 2022
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The pandemic has generated a greater appetite among employees for remote and/or hybrid working patterns. Consultant editor Darren Newman explores how employers can strike a balance between advocating a physical return to the workplace and satisfying staff who are pushing to spend more time working from home.
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- Date:
- 19 November 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
Employment tribunals have been deciding coronavirus-related cases throughout 2021. We set out 10 key first-instance rulings related to the pandemic and highlight what lessons employers can learn from them.
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- Date:
- 7 October 2021
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
The Government has put forward its proposals to reform the statutory right to request flexible working. What are the proposed changes and what impact will they have on how employers handle flexible working requests?
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- Date:
- 7 October 2021
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Daly v BA Cityflyer Ltd, the employment tribunal awarded £38,742 for indirect sex discrimination to an in-flight business manager whose request for flexible working on her return from maternity leave was refused.
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- Date:
- 5 October 2021
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Jo Broadbent, counsel knowledge lawyer at Hogan Lovells, guides you through the fundamentals of handling flexible working requests and discusses the future of flexible working in the post-pandemic workplace.
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- Date:
- 24 September 2021
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Thompson v Scancrown Ltd (t/a as Manors), the employment tribunal awarded £184,961 for indirect sex discrimination to an estate agent who resigned following the mishandling of her request for flexible working on her return from maternity leave.