The Flexible Working and the Future of Work Project aims to promote quality flexible working across all industries in order to support gender equality in the workplace.
Tools and publications
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Forbes, S., Birkett, H., Evans, L., & Chung, H. (2022). Flexible Working and the Future of Work: Managing Employees Since COVID-19 (Briefing).
Forbes, S., Birkett, H., Evans, L., & Chung, H. (2022). Flexible Working and the Future of Work: Managing Employees Since COVID-19. Retrieved from Equal Parenting Project, United Kingdom. (please contact us if you require an accessible version)
Forbes, S., Birkett, H., Evans, L., & Chung, H. (2022). Flexible Working and the Future of Work: Managing Employees Since COVID-19 (Executive Summary). Retrieved from Equal Parenting Project, United Kingdom.
Birkett, H., Forbes, S., Evans, L., & Chung, H. (2021). Managing employees during COVID-19: Flexible Working and the future of work (Phase Two)
- Birkett, H., Forbes, S., Evans, L., & Chung, H. (2021) Managing employees during COVID-19: Flexible working and the future of work (Phase Two) Executive Summary
- Birkett, H. and Forbes, S. (2021). Working Preferences Tool
- Birkett, H., Forbes, S., & Jackson, G. (2021). Hybrid Working Beyond COVID-19: Research findings and recommendations for implementing hybrid working.
- Forbes, S., Birkett, H., Evans, L., Chung, H., & Whiteman, J. (2020). Managing employees during the Covid-19 lockdown: Changing preferences and the future of work
In the media
9 November 2023 – BBC Morning Show invited academic expert guest discussing ‘Mum shaming’ and the difficulties mothers face returning to work before their maximum period of maternity leave.
11 September 2023 – HR News article
4 Ways Employers Can Support the Health and Well-being of Remote and Hybrid Workers
9 January 2023 - Guardian article
Most managers believe flexible working helps productivity, UK study shows
9 January 2023 – Personnel Today
Managers more positive about working from home and flexible hours
2 February 2022 – Guardian article
Firms told to tackle flexible-working ‘stigma’ faced by men
12 June 2021 – Wall Street Journal article
How Working From Home Has Changed Employees
11 May 2021 – Forbes Magazine article
Are We Likely To Work Only 50% Of The Time In The Office?
8 March,2021 – New Statesman article
Inside Covid-19’s “lost year” for women at work
20 February 2021 Guardian article
‘I had no idea about the hidden labour’: has the pandemic changed fatherhood for ever?
23 October, 2020 – Stylist Magazine article
Here’s how working from anywhere is going to transform how we feel about work