Category: Flexible working
Four-day week: welcome flex for workers or dangerous balancing act for companies?
Sarah Lardner | 10 September 2024
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.
Reward & Flexible Working – how can pay & benefits support your remote-first or in-person culture?
Stephanie Meech | 26 April 2024
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.
Myth-busters 2023: Tackling common misconceptions in pay and reward
Cathryn Edmondson | 03 February 2023
Bonus | Gender Pay Gap | Gender Pay Reporting | Flexible working | Salary survey | Recognition | Pension | Remote Working | Thought Leadership
We asked our consultants and analysts to raise some common misconceptions and explain where they think misunderstandings may lie.
How to adapt your reward strategy to reflect shifts in work patterns
29 September 2022
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?
How to keep supporting social wellbeing in a hybrid working model
03 March 2022
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.
Location-based pay frameworks: where do we go from here?
04 November 2021
Pay & Reward | Pay framework | Flexible working | Global talent | Pay Structure | Remote Working
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.
Emerging from lockdown and the impact on reward
17 June 2021
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?
The Gig Economy and how to effectively engage the contingent workers in your workforce
08 April 2021
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.
How are the enforced changes to working life impacting the working environment?
23 June 2020
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?
Flexible working: how working arrangements could change after lockdown
10 June 2020
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.
Working from home, and the long-term impact on Pay and Reward
03 June 2020
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.
Coronavirus: innovative ways employers can adjust pay and contracts to save jobs
28 April 2020
Pay Transparency | Bonus | Reward Intelligence | Pay & Reward | Commission | Flexible working | Sales Bonus | Skills based pay | Reward Strategy | Pay Review | Financial Wellbeing | Covid-19
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.
