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Flex Appeal

This is the home of everything we’ve done or written about Flexible Working since 2015: what it is, how to get it, and even some lycra-clad flashmobs of hundreds of people singing about it.

For free legal advice, please call the Working Families hotline: 0300 012 0312.

Work to death
14-05-2020Blog

Work to death

The focus of Flex Appeal – a campaign to push for flexible working for all in a bid…

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Going Dutch
20-03-2020Blog

Going Dutch

Amsterdam daily Het Parool recently ran a feature on flex appeal, and how we’re trying to bring a little Dutch touch to working lives in the UK. Here’s the translation…

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Flex Appeal: the next stage
24-02-2020Blog

Flex Appeal: the next stage

With funding secured for a major new piece of work, Matt wanted to get down in pixels exactly…

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Flex Appeal: Raising Disabled Kids
12-02-2020Blog

Flex Appeal: Raising Disabled Kids

Flexible working is not just for parents, it’s for people. People with mental health issues, people with caring…

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Flex Appeal: Shift Work
09-01-2020Blog

Flex Appeal: Shift Work

On 17 October last year, I chaired a table on flexible working and zero hour contracts at The…

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Flex Appeal: ADHD
19-02-2019Blog

Flex Appeal: ADHD

Flexible working is not about parents, it’s about people. People with needs that don’t fit into a 9-5…

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TEDx Talk: Flex Appeal
06-02-2019Blog

TEDx Talk: Flex Appeal

How to be a Happy Chicken: our TEDx talk on flexible working

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Flex Appeal: Zero Hours
16-10-2018Blog

Flex Appeal: Zero Hours

Writer Lourdes Walsh shares her initial skepticism about #flexappeal  My first impression of Flex Appeal – a kaleidoscopic…

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Flex Appeal: Disability
10-10-2018Blog

Flex Appeal: Disability

Flexible working is not solely for parents, it’s not something only for ‘mummies that want to see more…

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What is Flex Appeal?
09-03-2018Blog

What is Flex Appeal?

PAPA PUKKA gets grilled by a sceptic.

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Work it baby
08-06-2017Blog

Work it baby

‘Pregnancy’. When did it become such a dirty word? “I’m pregnant”. It sure isn’t in social realms –…

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Flex it up
25-01-2017Blog

Flex it up

PAPA PUKKA: Tackle the most common objections to flexible working (or resort to insults) with this simple guide

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Flex appeal
07-09-2016Blog

Flex appeal

If you are reading this, you’re IN for our flash dance this Friday 9th September at 12pm in…

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Working it out
15-03-2016Blog

Working it out

She’s a writer, a runner, a gin drinker, a brand consultant, a mother and totally addicted to the…

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Flex appeal
29-01-2016Flexible working

Flex appeal

Most employers make parental life trickier than it needs to be, through a simple lack of imagination…

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