Four-fifths of companies in the UK are now offering their staff flexible working, according to a poll of 4,000 UK companies.

The Government's U-turn on giving staff in small businesses the right to request flexible working could lead to migration to larger businesses as morale plummets, HR directors warned.

While rising unemployment has been an expected feature of the economic downturn, the biggest story has been around the shift to part-time working. Not real jobs, it is said, but part-time jobs that...

Sainsbury's is to develop its flexible working policies for employees with caring responsibilities following a tie up today with Carers UK.

A charity that seeks to support employers with carers in their workforce has welcomed the Government's new paper, 'Recognised, valued and supported: Next steps for the Carers Strategy'.

How can we organise working time in such a way that we achieve maximum productivity while promoting human happiness? Of all the various aspects of work-life balance, this is one of the trickiest and...

Only 16% of British SMEs are prepared to offer flexible working, compared to 69% of the FTSE 100

More than 100 organisations were assessed for this year's Working Families list, which recognise the employers with the most family-friendly working practices.

Thirty UK organisations have today achieved a place on the Top Employers for Working Families A-Z list and a further 12 have won a Top Employers for Working Families 2010 award, with Centrica,...

Three of five workers around the world believe that they do not need to be in the office anymore to be productive.

A recent Ipsos Mori poll conducted on behalf of parenting across Scotland has grabbed headlines with its finding that 64% of Scottish parents believe that their work-life balance is 'not ideal'. Many...

The UK is head and shoulders above France and Germany when it comes to flexible working and workforce mobility, new research reveals.