Flexible working

Flexible working puts smiles on faces across the factory floor

29 August 2024

NI businesses urged to follow lead by taking part in four-day working week pilot

With flexible working increasingly viewed as a recruitment and retention game-changer, the Labour Relations Agency and social enterprise, Timely Careers are urging Northern Ireland businesses to consider joining their GB counterparts for the second four-day working week pilot.

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#FlexibleFutures24 - Highlights Video

16 April 2024

video

This video provides an overview of our #FlexibleFutures24 conference on 14 March 2024.

What a great day it was hearing from lots of inspirational speakers with a wealth of evidence about how to make flexible working work! We are grateful to all our speakers and attendees for making it such a success, and especially to our partners, Timely Careers and the Department for the Economy for the key role they played in making the conference happen.

Last modified: 20 May 2024

Flexible working - the essence of a ‘good job’?

15 March 2024

“Redefining the concept of a ‘good’ job, which embraces flexibility in all its forms, is a necessity if we’re to achieve a more inclusive and productive economy.”

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Flexible Futures 2024

13 March 2024

Events

The Labour Relations Agency, in partnership with Timely Careers, and supported by the Department for the Economy, will host #FlexibleFutures24, a conference examining the case for flexible working, on Thursday 14 March 2024 in Stranmillis College, Belfast.

Last modified: 13 March 2024

Flexible Working: The Right to Request and Duty to Consider

01 April 2015

Advisory guide

Under provisions set out in the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 and regulations made under it, all employees have a statutory right to ask their employer for a change to their contractual terms and conditions of employment to work flexibly.

Last modified: 14 September 2019