This week, Lucinda is joined by employment lawyer, Vicky Roberts, for a conversation about the new world of work, and how the landscape has changed in the wake of new hybrid ways of working, with a particular focus on how we should be handling the suddenly-widespread phenomenon of flexible working requests.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Certainly, the question of flexible working and how best to implement it, is one that the world is suddenly joining. The main issue seems to be whether or not to rely on existing legal frameworks, or do we set policy that allows us to create a new ethos.
Furthermore, employees with over 26 weeks service for a company have the legal right to request flexible working, and employers are under obligation to handle these requests reasonably.
If an employer does choose to refuse the request for flexible working, then there are eight statutory grounds that must be met.
If managers do not feel as though they are trusted to implement working conditions that suit them, then they will naturally shy away from suggesting them.

BEST MOMENTS

'The discussion is centring around how do we implement flexible working on an individual level'

'The government is just about to announce further consultation on this subject'

'There are other parts of the legal framework that engage here'

'There is a trust point here'

VALUABLE RESOURCES
Join the HR Uprising LinkedIn Group
The HR Uprising ranked 9th in Feedspot’s ‘Top 30 UK HR Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021’.
Host of The HR Uprising Podcast, Lucinda Carney, is also the founder and CEO of Actus Software, where you can find additional free HR Resources: 

All free resources: https://actus.co.uk/free-performance-management-resources/
NEW infographic: 10 Steps to Creating a Successful Hybrid Workplace
Introducing the new Actus Academy: your on-demand e-learning platform!
Virtual Training Programmes:
How to be a Change Superhero
Hybrid People Management
Change Superhero Resources:
Book: How To Be A Change Superhero – by Lucinda Carney
Free Change Toolkit: www.changesuperhero.com
HR's Role In episodes:
Sponsoring Overseas Workers – with Ruth Cornish
IR35 - with Mary Asante
Recruitment Essentials – with Katy McMinn
The HR Uprising Podcast | Apple | Spotify | Stitcher  

About The Guest, Vicky Roberts 

Vicky Roberts is an employment lawyer and also currently heads up the Learning team at Vista Employer Services Limited.  Having worked in both an international law firm and in-house for a large retailer, she draws on plenty of experience of navigating the legal framework when implementing various types of organisation change. 
Vicky Roberts on LinkedIn
http://www.vista-employer.co.uk/
vroberts@vista-online.co.uk

ABOUT THE HOST

Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together.

“If you look up, you rise up”

CONTACT METHOD
Join the LinkedIn community - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/
Email: Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/
Twitter: @lucindacarney
Instagram: @hruprising
Facebook: @hruprising

This week, Lucinda is joined by employment lawyer, Vicky Roberts, for a conversation about the new world of work, and how the landscape has changed in the wake of new hybrid ways of working, with a particular focus on how we should be handling the suddenly-widespread phenomenon of flexible working requests.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
<ul>
<li>Certainly, the question of flexible working and how best to implement it, is one that the world is suddenly joining. The main issue seems to be whether or not to rely on existing legal frameworks, or do we set policy that allows us to create a new ethos.</li>
<li>Furthermore, employees with over 26 weeks service for a company have the legal right to request flexible working, and employers are under obligation to handle these requests reasonably.</li>
<li>If an employer does choose to refuse the request for flexible working, then there are eight statutory grounds that must be met.</li>
<li>If managers do not feel as though they are trusted to implement working conditions that suit them, then they will naturally shy away from suggesting them.</li>
</ul>
BEST MOMENTS
'The discussion is centring around how do we implement flexible working on an individual level'
'The government is just about to announce further consultation on this subject'
'There are other parts of the legal framework that engage here'
'There is a trust point here'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
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<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/" data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">Join the HR Uprising LinkedIn Group</a></li>
<li>The HR Uprising ranked 9th in <a href="https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_hr_podcasts/">Feedspot&rsquo;s &lsquo;Top 30 UK HR Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021&rsquo;</a>.</li>
<li>Host of The HR Uprising Podcast, Lucinda Carney, is also the founder and CEO of Actus Software, where you can find additional free HR Resources:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>All free resources: <a href="https://actus.co.uk/free-performance-management-resources/">https://actus.co.uk/free-performance-management-resources/</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>NEW infographic: <a href="https://actus.co.uk/free-performance-management-resources/infographics-templates/creating-a-successful-hybrid-workplace/">10 Steps to Creating a Successful Hybrid Workplace</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Introducing the new <a href="https://actus.co.uk/actus-academy/">Actus Academy</a>: your on-demand e-learning platform!</li>
<li>Virtual Training Programmes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://actus.co.uk/change-superhero-training/">How to be a Change Superhero</a></li>
<li><a href="https://actus.co.uk/hybrid-management-training/">Hybrid People Management</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Change Superhero Resources:
<ul>
<li>Book:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-be-a-change-superhero/lucinda-carney/9781788601603">How To Be A Change Superhero &ndash; by Lucinda Carney</a></li>
<li>Free Change Toolkit:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.changesuperhero.com/">www.changesuperhero.com</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>HR's Role In episodes:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hruprising.com/podcast-episode-115-sponsoring-overseas-workers-with-ruth-cornish/">Sponsoring Overseas Workers &ndash; with Ruth Cornish</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hruprising.com/podcast-episode-117-hrs-role-in-ir35-with-mary-asante/">IR35 - with Mary Asante</a></li>
<li><a href="https://hruprising.com/podcast-episode-119-recruitment-essentials-with-katy-mcminn/">Recruitment Essentials &ndash; with Katy McMinn</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The HR Uprising Podcast | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hr-uprising-podcast/id1465080766">Apple</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7ds86Lxe8fO3rdGPKSIvkp">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/progressiveproperty/the-hr-uprising">Stitcher</a> &nbsp;</li>
</ul>
About The Guest, Vicky Roberts 
Vicky Roberts&nbsp;is an employment lawyer and also currently heads up the Learning team at Vista Employer Services Limited. &nbsp;Having worked in both an international law firm and in-house for a large retailer, she draws on plenty of experience of navigating the legal framework when implementing various types of organisation change.&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Vicky Roberts on<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-roberts-1a476910/">&nbsp;LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.vista-employer.co.uk/">http://www.vista-employer.co.uk/</a></li>
<li><a href="mailto:vroberts@vista-online.co.uk">vroberts@vista-online.co.uk</a></li>
</ul>
ABOUT THE HOST
Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&amp;D roles and a further 10 as CEO of Actus Software where she worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. It was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to &lsquo;rise up&rsquo; together.
&ldquo;If you look up, you rise up&rdquo;
CONTACT METHOD
<ul>
<li>Join the LinkedIn community - <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/</a></li>
<li>Email: <a href="mailto:Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk">Lucinda@advancechange.co.uk</a></li>
<li>Linked In: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/</a></li>
<li>Twitter: @lucindacarney</li>
<li>Instagram: @hruprising</li>
<li>Facebook: @hruprising</li>
</ul>

Welcome to the HR Uprising Podcast. 

This engaging podcast explores HR ‘hot’ topics and challenges through conversations with relevant experts and real-life HR; O.D. or L&D professionals.

HR Uprising is about creating an inclusive forum that enables us to share and learn from experts and everyday professionals. HR Uprising is all about learning through collaboration; taking evidence-based action and helping colleagues to have the confidence and skills to rise-up through their organisations by delivering real, lasting business value.

Hosted by Lucinda Carney a Business Psychologist; Experienced HR Change Agent; Entrepreneur; Speaker and Coach. There are two types of show format the ‘In focus’ episodes where Lucinda delves into a specialist topic in some depth and the ‘Conversations with’ series where we interview experts and people like you. Our hope is that shows are both informative and fun. 

You can access more information on each Podcast including resources or links mentioned in the show at our website www.hruprising.com. 

If you are a forward-thinking HR; L&D or O.D. professional who has a success story or challenge that others can learn from and you would like to be featured in future podcasts you can get in touch through one of the routes below.

Connect with us here: 
Join the linkedIn community: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13714397/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucindacarney/
Twitter: @hruprising
Instagram: @hruprising
Facebook: @hruprising

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