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Category: Flexible working

Four-day week: welcome flex for workers or dangerous balancing act for companies?

The new labour government recently re-opened the lid on the four-day working week, and have made some fairly loud noises about moving forward with additional legislation. More detail is expected in the autumn when a law for a new package of workers' rights could be brought to parliament.

Posted by Sarah Lardner on
10 September 2024

Reward & Flexible Working – how can pay & benefits support your remote-first or in-person culture?

Flexible working | Hapi

Before flexible working became the norm, the link between reward and an employee’s place of work was limited to compensation. Typically, this is to compensate for working in regions where the cost of living is higher – usually in the form of higher base pay or an allowance.

Posted by Stephanie Meech on
26 April 2024

Myth-busters 2023: Tackling common misconceptions in pay and reward

We asked our consultants and analysts to raise some common misconceptions and explain where they think misunderstandings may lie.

Posted by Cathryn Edmondson on
03 February 2023

How to adapt your reward strategy to reflect shifts in work patterns

Employee engagement | Flexible working | Hybrid Working

Hybrid and home working provide a host of benefits as well as shortcomings, and employee expectations with regards to this have changed because of Covid. So how can companies adapt their reward strategies to reflect that?

Posted by Mark Macoun on
29 September 2022

How to keep supporting social wellbeing in a hybrid working model

Flexible working | Agile working | Wellbeing | Flexible Benefits

Work from home guidance may have ended, but many organisations will be continuing to offer hybrid or even fully remote working as standard.

Posted by Karen Thornley on
03 March 2022

Location-based pay frameworks: where do we go from here?

Traditionally, many organisations have had regional-based pay frameworks, and home-based workers were more likely to have a national reference point for pay, but what about now, when the pandemic has firmly thrust the idea of home-based working into a reality? Justine Woolf explores the potential future of location-based pay frameworks.

Posted by Justine Woolf on
04 November 2021

Emerging from lockdown and the impact on reward

Flexible working | Agile working | Culture | Covid-19

Whilst some organisations thrived during lockdown, others were forced to cut costs and reimagine their business models to survive. Now, organisations in both camps are experiencing challenges recruiting and retaining, or anticipating it to be an issue in the coming months, citing a new war for talent that has emerged post-pandemic. So, what can you to do hold on to your staff and attract new ones?

Posted by Justine Woolf on
17 June 2021

The Gig Economy and how to effectively engage the contingent workers in your workforce

Employee engagement | Engagement | Flexible working

Regardless of whether a contingent worker is working five or 35 hours, should feel as included, recognised and ultimately engaged as much as a permanent employee. Alastair Cole provides his top tips for keeping your flexible workforce engaged.

Posted by Alastair Cole on
08 April 2021

How are the enforced changes to working life impacting the working environment?

Flexible working | Covid-19

There is more to operating in COVID-secure environments than just maintaining social distancing, and it seems that many things could change for the better as we get slicker with digital technology and find more flexible ways of working. But with the restrictions starting to ease, what changes to our working life may continue on a more permanent basis and how will we adapt?

Posted by Sarah Nash on
23 June 2020

Flexible working: how working arrangements could change after lockdown

Flexible working | Covid-19

With lockdown bringing an unprecedented change to not only how we work, but where we work, it is evident already that working arrangements will be changed permanently following this pandemic. Spencer Hughes takes a closer look at the changes we've seen throughout this period and the potential lasting impact they will have on the working world.

Posted by Spencer Hughes on
10 June 2020

Working from home, and the long-term impact on Pay and Reward

Pay & Reward | Flexible working | Disruptive HR | Pay Structure | Covid-19

Remote working was thrust upon many of us by COVID-19, and it looks like it is here to stay, with many never wanting to go back to working in an office. Whilst the obvious health and safety, GDPR and wellbeing aspects have been considered as part of the transition, what hasn’t yet really been discussed is the long-term impact on Pay and Reward. Justine Woolf digs a little deeper into what you may need to consider when reframing your deal for the new ways of working.

Posted by Justine Woolf on
03 June 2020

Coronavirus: innovative ways employers can adjust pay and contracts to save jobs

Many businesses right now are in survival mode, as the spread of the Coronavirus causes economic disruption akin to the 2008 financial crash. So, what are companies doing? Sarah Lardner takes a closer look at the steps business are taking to secure their business for the long term.

Posted by Sarah Lardner on
28 April 2020

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