The Government is hailing its proposal to make flexible working a ‘day-one’ right for employees as the way to make flexible working ‘the default’. But in reality, its plans fall...
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READ Will the spread of hybrid working be a tipping point for fathers? Will it deliver greater acceptability of flex? And greater take-up? Does the wish for equality at home...
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READ Managing flexible workers is not as complicated as many people fear. I recall mistakes made and lessons learned over the years, and suggest some simple approaches for the manager...
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WATCH my conversation with Elliott Rae, founder of the father website and community Music Football Fatherhood. What fathers want is changing. What should employers should do, if they are not...
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READ Now is a good time to remember the importance of handing staff control – it will help businesses survive Covid-19. We are living through a forced experiment in working...
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READ The common sense expressed by workers taking part in focus groups in Scotland suggests that managers can rely on pragmatic allies when teams consider extending flexible working. As we...
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READ Jo Faragher interviewed me about the barriers faced by men who wish to work flexibly, and the opportunities for change post-pandemic. It’s no secret that flexible working has become...
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READ Despite its highly gendered use to date, 18 years on, the Right to Request has nevertheless worked some quiet magic in opening up long term changes in how we...
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LISTEN I talk to Emma Barnett on Woman’s Hour about the 18th anniversary of the Right to Request Flexible Working, and Rhonda D’Ambrosio remembers what happened when she requested flex...
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