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  • Date:
    26 July 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Hybrid working - progress and challenges

    Gemma Dale joins us to talk about progress to date with hybrid working, including dealing with reluctant returners, cultivating the right culture, building trust, and what HR should be advising senior leaders in terms of the way forward.

  • Date:
    28 June 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Creating psychological safety in the workplace

    Caroline Green, founder of The Talent Cycle joins us to outline the steps HR can take to embed authentic trust between people managers and employees and build psychological safety within workplaces.

  • Date:
    16 June 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Hybrid working legal and practical issues: Your common questions answered

    While many employers have now implemented a hybrid working model, challenges remain to ensure that hybrid working arrangements run smoothly. XpertHR consultant editor Darren Newman answers some of the most common legal and practical questions that hybrid working organisations have been asking us.

  • Date:
    31 May 2022
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Sickness absence management and hybrid working

    Stephen Simpson, principal employment law editor here at XpertHR, joins us to talk about how employers that are operating under a hybrid working model must ensure that their sickness absence management procedures sit comfortably alongside their new working arrangements.

  • Date:
    31 May 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Hybrid working and sickness absence management: Practical tips for employers

    Employers that are operating under a hybrid working model must ensure that their sickness absence management procedures sit comfortably alongside their new working arrangements. We set out five steps that hybrid working organisations can take to ensure that sickness absence management continues to be effective.

  • Date:
    27 May 2022
    Type:
    Survey analysis

    Hybrid working: XpertHR survey May 2022

    The majority of organisations surveyed by XpertHR have at least some employees working on a hybrid basis. We report on the progress of these new arrangements, the successes and benefits to organisations, as well as how HR is working to overcome remaining challenges.

  • Date:
    26 May 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Working remotely from abroad: The continuing impact of COVID-19

    Many employers that have introduced hybrid working arrangements are finding that employees who have worked remotely from overseas want to continue to do so. Employers may therefore have additional considerations when formulating any hybrid and return-to-work policies.

  • Date:
    6 May 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Hybrid working: Six examples of reasonable adjustments for disabled workers

    Employers that are operating under a hybrid working model must ensure that their working arrangements are inclusive, including making reasonable adjustments to the model for disabled workers. We set out six examples of potential reasonable adjustments for hybrid workers.

  • Date:
    27 April 2022
    Type:
    Case studies

    How The University of Manchester implemented hybrid working for its professional services staff

    The University of Manchester speaks to XpertHR about its pilot scheme to roll out hybrid working arrangements to almost 5,000 of its professional services staff.

  • Date:
    29 March 2022
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Flexible working and the hybrid model: What are the risks when managing homeworking requests?

    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.