CIPD publishes report on flexible and hybrid working

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Peninsula Team, Peninsula Team

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The CIPD has released its report Flexible and Hybrid Working Practices in 2025, which explores the current state of these practices from the perspectives of both employers and employees, and the wider impact on areas such as performance, employee engagement, wellbeing, organisational culture, as well as equality, diversity and inclusion.

The CIPD’s findings suggest that flexible working is pivotal to the attraction and retention of talent. It highlights that around 1.1 million employees say they have left a job in the last year due to a lack of flexible working, and this is particularly the case for younger employees.

What are the advantages of flexible working?

Around a fifth say their organisations are more likely to grant flexible working requests following the changes to flexible working provisions implemented in April 2024, including the day-one right to request flexible working.

The Government plans to strengthen flexible working provisions under the Employment Rights Bill by introducing a requirement for employers to explain why it was reasonable to refuse a flexible working request. The report found that if these reforms become law, more than a third expect an increase in the number of flexible working requests their organisation accepts.

Key recommendations for organisations include:

What is the process for managing a flexible working request?

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