Flexible working
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Short report: Part-time workers
Sub Topic(s):
part-time workers;
Date:
01/09/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
The Supreme Court has referred O'Brien v Ministry of Justice (28 July 2010) to the European Court of Justice. This is the test case about whether part-time judges, such as those sitting as employment judges and recorders, can use the Part-time Workers Regulations to claim pro rata pension rights to those of full-time judges. Part-time judges have no entitlement to a judicial pension on retirement.
Employers welcome flexible working legislation
Sub Topic(s):
statistics and reports;
Date:
01/09/2010;
Over half of employers (55%) welcome plans by the Government to introduce legislation requiring them to offer flexible working to all employees, according to new research from recruiting firm Hays.
First National Work–Life Week launched
Sub Topic(s):
statistics and reports;
Date:
01/09/2010;
Working Families' first National Work-Life Week (27 September-1 October 2010) will highlight why "UK plc" must tackle the way it works in order to increase productivity, loyalty and wellbeing.
Flexible working needs good management
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/08/2010;
New research from Opportunity Now reveals that without a fundamental review of the way that work is organised and managed, the business benefits of flexible working will not be realised.
Employees prefer work-life balance to bonuses
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/07/2010;
Flexible working arrangements were rated the most important benefit by 47% of respondents to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) survey.
Diary: Should MPs job share?
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/06/2010;
Author:
Michael Rubenstein
After the election, women are still very much under-represented in the House of Commons. They form 22% of MPs (though this is up from 6% in 1987). One reason for their under-representation may be that, despite some reforms to working practices, votes continue to take place at 10.30pm, hardly family-friendly hours.
Young people forced into part-time work
Sub Topic(s):
part-time workers;
Date:
01/06/2010;
The recession has forced young people to take part-time employment because they cannot get full-time work, finds a new study.
More mothers staying in same job after childbirth
Sub Topic(s):
carers;
Date:
01/05/2010;
The proportion of mothers who changed employer upon returning to work after maternity leave has dropped from 41% in 2002 to 14% in 2007, according to a new report from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
One-third of employees have caring responsibilities
Sub Topic(s):
carers;
Date:
01/05/2010;
One-third of employees (34%) have some caring duties, finds a new survey from the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development.
Working Families’ legal advice report
Sub Topic(s):
right to request flexible working;
Date:
01/05/2010;
Working Families’ annual report on its free legal advice service identifies five key areas of concern: discrimination against women who are pregnant or on maternity leave; forced changes to contracts; fathers’ eligibility for paternity leave and pay; time off for dependants; and the health and safety of pregnant women.
Recommendations to encourage flexible working
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/04/2010;
The term “family-friendly” does not accurately reflect employers’ perspectives of flexible working, asserts a new report from the Family Friendly Working Hours Taskforce.
New guide to family-friendly working
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/03/2010;
Union members are more likely to ask their union representative for guidance on family-friendly working than any other equality issue.
Working Families: supporting parents and employers
Date:
01/11/2009;
Working Families supports families and employers in achieving a balance between caring and work. We look at the work of the campaigning body and consider, in particular, the proposals in its most recent publication on the future of work.
Fathers fear asking for flexible working
Sub Topic(s):
right to request flexible working;
Date:
01/11/2009;
Fathers want to take a more active role in caring for their children, but two in five men fear that asking for flexible working arrangements would result in their commitment to their job being questioned and would negatively affect their chances of promotion, according to new research from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).
Hertfordshire County Council: flexible work – an activity, not a place
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/10/2009;
Author:
Kate Godwin
Hertfordshire County Council is convinced that flexible working allows employees to best meet their own needs and those of the organisation, and is therefore available to all employees regardless of their circumstances. Kate Godwin examines the council's comprehensive approach to work-life balance.
Flexible working in the SME sector
Sub Topic(s):
policies/best practice;
Date:
01/10/2009;
Author:
Carol Foster
For small firms Loop Customer Management Ltd and Eden McCallum Ltd, work-life balance is not just an HR initiative but a crucial business strategy. Carol Foster looks at how their flexible working policies have benefited both the organisations and their employees.
Requirement to work weekends was not indirect sex discrimination
Date:
01/10/2009;
Author:
Sue Johnstone
An employment tribunal holds that a requirement for part-time employees to work two weekend days every four weeks did not amount to indirect discrimination, as the claimants could not show that weekend working put women at a particular disadvantage. Carr and McManus v The Chief Constable of Lincolnshire Police Force (4 Aug 2009, ET/20600564/08, ET/20600565/08)
Refusal of homeworking was not indirectly discriminatory
Sub Topic(s):
discrimination;
Date:
01/10/2009;
Author:
Sue Johnstone
An employment tribunal in this case finds that the employer's refusal to allow the claimant to work from home, although it put women at a particular disadvantage, was a proportionate means
of achieving a legitimate aim. McKinnon v Automated Control Services Ltd (28 Jul 2009, ET/3104607/08)
Refusal to allow job-share was not justified
Sub Topic(s):
discrimination;
Date:
01/10/2009;
Author:
Sue Johnstone
The employment tribunal finds that the respondent's refusal to allow an administrative assistant to reduce her hours or to allow her to job share was because of a "disinclination" to change rather than for practical reasons. This was not a justification for indirect sex discrimination, as required by the legislation. Savory v The Governing Body of St Cyres School (25 Jun 2009, ET/1601607/08)
Requirement to inform when working was not discrimination
Sub Topic(s):
discrimination;
Date:
01/10/2009;
Author:
Sue Johnstone
A claimant resigns, apparently in the belief that she was being asked to work fixed hours, but an employment tribunal finds that the employer had not prevented the employee from working flexibly, and had only requested that she inform her employer when she was working, in accordance with the employer's lone workers policy. Chappell v (1) Betteklean Ltd (2) Wallis (30 Jul 2009, ET/1200364/09)
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