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The digital bank, Atom Bank, has become the largest employer in the UK to introduce a four-day working week without changing its staff's salary.

Businesses and their staff can decide on the benefits of flexible hours better than any politician

Labour calls for flexible working to become ‘new normal’ after pandemic 27/07/2021, 10:36 pm Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner is calling for flexible working to be built into employment contracts (Jane Barlow/PA) Flexible working should become the “new normal” after the experience during the coronavirus pandemic, Labour has said. With millions moving to home working almost overnight in March 2020 in response to the first national coronavirus lockdown, the Opposition party is calling...

Flexible working should be new normal, says Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner More than half the UK workforce are still not eligible for "flexi-time" and 30% of flexible working requests are turned down Latest news email updates straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe We use your sign-up to provide content in ways youve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understan...

ALMOST two in five people in Dorset worked from home at some point last year, new figures suggest.

Part-time workers are at greater risk of losing their jobs when furlough ends in September, research suggests.

MORE than half of people in The Vale of Glamorgan worked from home at some point last year, new figures suggest.

Trade union Prospect is calling for the government to give employees a legally binding “right to disconnect”.

Around three in 10 people in Southampton worked from home at some point last year, new figures suggest.

Home working. Picture: PA AROUND two in five people in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole worked from home at some point last year, new figures suggest. Office for National Statistics data estimates that 39 per cent of the 193,131 employed people aged 16 and over across the conurbation worked from home at some stage in 2020. This was up from 27 per cent in 2019, and above the UK average average of 37% last year – though rates differed significantly. The figures are based on the ONSs ...