Flexible Working Practices
Work from home tips during Covid-19 lockdown
Now Teach is a charity that helps experienced professionals and people returning to work... read more
Flexible Working Practices
The flexible working practices section discusses flexible working as a strategic tool organisations can use to improve performance and productivity. It outlines the different types of smart and flexible working, including part-time and compressed hours, as well as agile working.
Coronavirus: Flexible Working Practice
Flexible Working Practices
How to work remotely and not get stressed or lonely
So many of us are remote working these days and there are many positives about that, but... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Managing home workers during the coronavirus pandemic
Working Families has released a guide which gives advice on how to manage remote workers... read more
Flexible Working Practices
How can employers best support post-Covid working?
Professor Gail Kinman surveys the emerging research on how we have been working in lockdown, assesses the positives and negatives, such as burnout, and suggests how employers can support workers over the next months. read more
workingwise.co.uk
The workforce in the UK is changing. By 2020 1 in 3 workers will be over 50, and by 2030 half of all adults in the UK will be over 50.
workingwise.co.uk is a job and community site specially focused on older workers looking for flexibility and improved work-life balance, and the employers who recognise what they have to offer.
Post A Job Transitioning out of lockdown
The Transition Out of Lockdown Toolkit is now available for HR professionals and business owners.
Taken from years’ of experience of best practice around long-term leave and flexible working, workingmums.co.uk has pulled together all the areas businesses need to think about now and going forward.
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Flexible Working Practices
Calls for changes to legislation on remote workplace sexual harassment
A new survey shows a rise in sexual harassment of remote workers since the pandemic began and more people moved to homeworking. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Should employers pay remote workers less than office workers?
Should you be paid less if you work from home, save on travel and don't support the commuter industries? Lucie Mitchell investigates. read more
Flexible Working Practices
‘Boost career pathways for remote workers to increase productivity’
A new US study shows that remote workers are more productive generally, but that they could be even more so if employers encourage a wider range of... read more
Childcare
Review of 2020 part three
The last part of workingmums.co.uk's review of 2020 covers the September to December period of multiple changes and rising infection rates. read more
Childcare
Review of 2020 part two
In the second part of the workingmums.co.uk's review of 2020 we trace the period after the easing of lockdown and covering the summer months. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Report backs move to four-day week on full pay
A new report from think tank Autonomy says most firms could afford to move to a four-day week on full pay. read more
Childcare
Review of 2020 part one
In the first part of our review of the year, we focus on the months from January to April, the period leading up to the lockdown and beyond. read more
Further Reading
Flexible Working Practices
Leading employers say trust-based management helps boost Covid productivity
A Working Families survey of leading employers shows several have seen productivity rise, which they put down in part to a culture of trust over... read more
Flexible Working Practices
Making the best of hybrid working
What do employers need to do to prepare for more hybrid working in the future? read more
Managing Staff
Making the business case for well being
Well being and a sense of purpose are at the centre of Unilever's drive to improve performance and productivity. read more
Flexible Working Practices
Why are more employers not advertising for remote workers yet?
A new survey shows a growing appetite for hiring remote workers, but greater reticence about advertising for them. Is this just a time lag thing? read more
Flexible Working Practices
‘74% of finance firms are reviewing their real estate’
A new report suggests many City firms are reviewing their real estate. read more
Diversity
Exploring Black legacies in STEM
An online exhibition of Black scientists and a panel discussion about Black women scientists aims to encourage more Black students into STEM careers. read more
Managing Staff
Boosting mental health support during COVID-19
As World Mental Health Day approaches, we ask SMS about what it is doing to boost the mental well being of its employees who have been on the... read more
White papers & Reports 
Managing Staff
Creating empathetic workplaces
workingmums.co.uk hosted two recent workshops on how empathy can be used to create more engaged, productive workforces. read more
Diversity
workingmums.co.uk publishes white paper on the impact of Covid on women at work
workingmums.co.uk has published a white paper based on a recent virtual roundtable with leading employers focused on the impact of Covid-19 on women... read more
Flexible Working Practices
workingmums.co.uk publishes white paper on mental well being after Covid
workingmums.co.uk has published a white paper on its recent roundtable with employers on the well being challenges of working during a pandemic and... read more
Diversity
Diversity and inclusion post-Covid-19
workingmums.co.uk held a virtual roundtable on diversity and inclusion post-Covid-19 in July with a range of different employers. The below is our... read more
