Workforce planning

New and updated

• Date:

  20 February 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Is insourcing the latest trend in public sector HR?

  For years, HR teams in public services have been used to managing long-term contracts with outsourcing companies. But as citizens demand greater levels of transparency and fairness, a number of employers are bringing those services back in-house. Jo Faragher examines how "insourcing" might play out.

• Type:

  How to

  How to implement a hybrid working model

  Expanded with further detail on whether employers need to change employees’ contracts when implementing hybrid working.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  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:

  Letters and forms

  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:

  Letters and forms

  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:

  Letters and forms

  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.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter announcing permanent move to hybrid working model

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

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter to employees announcing hybrid working trial period

  A model letter to announce a trial period adopting the hybrid/blended working model so that your organisation can establish if the model works, pin down the most effective working arrangements, and identify and address any issues that arise.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter providing update to employees on progress of hybrid working trial period

  A model letter to provide an update to employees during a trial period adopting the hybrid/blended working model.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Employee survey on hybrid working trial period

  A model employee survey to gauge your staff's experiences of the hybrid/blended working model during a trial period.