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Parents Win Right To Demand Flexible Working
News Parents are being encouraged back to the workplace with new legislation that will allow them to demand more flexible working hours from employers. The 'Right to apply' is part of the Government's plan to tackle the UK's long hours culture.
[January 3, 2003, 13:59]
Government Launches Flexible Working Drive
News The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launched an initiative on Wednesday aiming to get more UK employers to embrace flexible working. Work Wise UK seeks to encourage the widespread adoption of flexible working, remote working, mobile working...
[May 4, 2006, 14:35]
Networking Survey Finds Working Long Hours Endemic
News Of the 201 network professionals interviewed, up to half work hours in excess of the limit of an average of 48 hours a week outlined by the European Working Time Directive with 6 percent claiming to work in excess of 60 hours a week.
[July 3, 2002, 11:35]
Government Urges Work-life Balance Improvements
News This means flexible working for most people and benefits for both staff and employers. The DTI site gives some examples of the a wide range of work-life balance options employers are developing, covering flexible working arrangements and flexible...
[May 23, 2002, 10:21]
New Law Could Boost Teleworking
News The Flexible Working (Procedural Requirements) Regulations 2002, taking effect on 6 April, requires companies to consider allowing parents with young children to change the hours they work, change the times when they are required to work or to...
[March 27, 2003, 10:18]
Are You Working Too Hard?
News A lack of flexible working conditions has also been blamed for rising levels of stress and related illness. Seventy percent of workers claiming to suffer from stress say they have no opportunity to work more flexible hours.
[September 2, 2002, 11:08]
Flexible Working Needn't Stretch Resources
News Practices such as telecommuting and working flexible hours have been around for decades. Other challenges stand in the way of flexible working arrangements. Flexible work [options] are part of effective companies.
[November 15, 2004, 15:05]
Telewest Fined Over Inflexible Working
News A Telewest employee and mother of three has been awarded compensation of £19,500 after her bosses refused to grant suitable flexible working arrangements to allow her to look after her baby, leading to an impasse which saw her resign her position...
[September 22, 2005, 10:25]
Council IT Staff Close In On Private Sector
News The survey shows that 94 percent offer flexible working hours, 27 percent allow selected staff to work from home and 85 percent practise job sharing. Fringe benefits and flexible ways of working are identified as important ways that local...
[May 24, 2004, 12:10]
Wireless Tech May Hinder Holidays
News But 42 percent of executives polled in the report said they believe employees will be working more hours in the next 10 to 15 years. Only 9 percent said employees would be working fewer hours. Along with longer hours have come more flexible work...
[June 16, 2005, 10:15]
The Bloor Perspective On Work-life Balance
News Another is flexible working hours. The IT industry is perhaps most guilty of this approach as it is all too easy to get into a conversation with peers based on the war stories of the number of hours worked and the number of hours sleep lost.
[October 3, 2002, 17:30]
Teleworking 'is Good For Your Health'
News Drawbacks for teleworking included concern at increased working hours, and home-based teleworkers felt isolated from "social and professional interaction in the workplace" which, they said, can be demotivating and depressing.
[October 14, 2002, 18:17]
Millions Take Time Off To Watch The World Cup
News Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt urged firms to take a "flexible" approach to working hours to avoid disruption during the World Cup. Employers can of course insist on all employees working normal hours, with disciplinary sanctions if...
[June 7, 2002, 13:18]
What Is Holding Back Mobile Working?
Blog Comment That's from a paper by two American academics, Lei-da Chen and Ravi Nath, who looked into what kind of support is needed within organisations to make flexible working work. The authors make the point that getting behind flexible working calls for a...
[July 12, 2007, 12:34]
Teleworking: Don't Believe The Hype
News Philpott suggested the phenomenon was not a "realistic prospect" for the majority of workers and added that flexible working would mostly come about through "developments in fairly mundane existing approaches" such as reduced hours, flexi-time and...
[September 8, 2006, 13:55]
Light Methodologies Make The Most Of Team Members
News Working 50 hours will usually result in more work getting done that in a standard 40-hour week; working 60 hours may result in only a marginal increase in work from what you would accomplish in 50 hours.
[July 4, 2002, 10:04]
Vista Gets A Cautious Welcome
News Effective use of flexible working is one part of that; a better understanding of the productivity issues involved in flexible working is another. It is aimed at helping the council to better understand the working practices within the borough and...
[December 1, 2006, 14:50]
Advantages And Drawbacks To Hourly Fees And Flat Rates
News By working within a client's bidding expectations, consultants have a greater chance of securing the project, as well as showing that they're flexible and amenable to a company's needs. Now you're working for nothing, and you're missing out on...
[October 16, 2002, 16:28]
Public Sector IT Staff Get Bigger Pay Rises
News Flexible working hours are offered by 99 percent of authorities; 76 percent allow selected staff to work from home; and 92 percent offer job sharing. The report said fringe benefits and more flexible ways of working are important for authorities...
[May 15, 2006, 11:20]
UK Second In Europe For Tech Training
News Previous research has found women are abandoning technology careers, with many put off by the long hours and lack of flexible working. The vast majority of IT staff working in the EU are male, with women representing less than one in five of the...
[August 16, 2007, 12:41]
