‘Flexible Working’ is the term that refers to working patterns, arrangements, or hours. Examples include part-time, flexi-time, compressed hours, adjusted start and finish times, and alternative work locations such as working from home. Flexible working has historically been of particular benefit to Employees with caring responsibilities outside of work, or health issues. The UK Government
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Domestic abuse is said to affect one in four women, and one in six men in their lifetime. In the year ending March 2019, an estimated 2.4 million adults, aged 16 to 74, had experienced domestic abuse, a figure that jumped significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic, largely down to stay-at-home orders and closures of workplaces
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A new report by the charity, Just Like Us, which surveyed 3695 people aged 18 to 25, found that a quarter of LGBT+ young adults went back into the closet when they started work. Reasons cited included feeling psychologically unsafe and the fear of mistreatment, with 19% of LGBT+ young adults stating they had experienced
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While social media is not especially new anymore (its first forms appearing in 1997), its sophistication, popularity and reach has grown at an astonishing rate over the years. We’ve moved from sharing our worlds through simple textual status updates, to showing it in all its glory via snappy, short videos. Many Employers still have a
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March sees the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan, the commemoration of Muhammad’s first revelation and lasts between 29 and 30 days depending on the sighting of one crescent moon to the next. Commencing on Wednesday 22nd March, through to Friday 21st April, Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is
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Menopause, including the years leading up to (peri-menopause) and the years after (post- menopause), has always been an issue for many women, with some suffering symptoms more than others, and potentially not fully understanding why or how to successfully manage them. Previous generations didn’t talk much about the menopause and the issues it often brought
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The festive season and a brand new year are fast approaching, and it’s a time when thoughts turn to joy, peace, goodwill to all, and careful considerations of how quickly we can be rid of certain individuals in our workforce who made the outgoing year so insufferable. Which brings us neatly to the discussion of
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Retirement years have always been painted as a carefree time of sports cars, world travel, picnics and parks, and quality time with grandchildren running along sunny beaches, accompanied by a Golden Retriever or two. Furthermore, the ability to retire early has long been regarded as a true measure of a successful work life. In reality
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…A conversation that many of us would positively avoid as we feel it is such a personal and intimate bonding time between mother and child. However as an Employer this is a topic that needs to be discussed. Whilst having Policies with regards to breastfeeding in the workplace and providing facilities for breastfeeding can be
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With many organisations having moved to a work-from-home or hybrid arrangement for employees, beyond the general work discussions that take place on platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, there remains a need for social connection, and while not the same as a conversation over coffee in the canteen, social media goes a long way
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