HR magazine attended the Institute for Employment Studies’ annual conference this week (Thurs 10 June), which this year focussed on equality, diversity and inclusion.

There is no doubt that the future of work should be flexible. However, it would be misguided to confuse the full-time remote working that we have seen over the past year with genuine flexible working.

There is a 50/50 split between UK employees offered full-time hybrid working options (48%) and those who haven't (52%), according to a LinkedIn poll run by HR magazine.

The coronavirus pandemic has made employers rethink the flexibility they offer employees and how they can utilise it to bring people back to work.

Nearly all the 50 biggest UK employers have said they do not plan on bringing their staff back to the office full-time, according to new research by the BBC.

Think tank Reform has called on the government to change the coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) to include a short-time working model.

Religion and culture, flexible working and the four-day week were just some of the topics discussed at the This Can Happen: Empowering workplace mental health conference

A gender care gap is stopping women achieving their career potential, as they manage the majority of childcare and care for elderly relatives

Promoting female success stories and personalising learning can help ?improve the gender balance in hospitality

The number of over-50s working for themselves has risen dramatically, but research warns this is partly down to a lack of support in traditional employment

Almost three-quarters (73%) of disabled workers in the UK have stopped working because of a disability or health condition, according to disability charity Leonard Cheshire

As the government pledges to increase rights for pregnant women at work, new research reveals discrimination against ‘maternity-age’ women