On 23 June, agilab's director, Dr Emma Russell was invited to attend the Industry and Parliament Trust Evolving Workplaces: Adapting to Hybrid Work event at the Palace of Westminster on 23 June. Emma spoke about her work with agilab on how managerial mindsets can impact the implementation of hybrid working policies in organisations.

Flexible working policy is not the same as flexible working practice. That's the core message from Dr Emma Russell (Director of agilab, University of Sussex) and Sam Owen (NHS Employers; agilab steering committee member), drawing on five years of NHS research. The finding: statutory rights (the UK's nine types of flexible working) too often get applied as a rigid, one-off contractual change — ironically inflexible in itself. What actually determines whether flexibility works

🗓️ Could a four-day week be one of the most overlooked levers for disability inclusion at work? A new briefing from Disability Rights UK, Patchwork Hub and the 4 Day Week Foundation makes the case that it could be — and the evidence is worth a closer look. Drawing on focus group findings from Disabled workers, alongside the wider evidence base on flexible and remote working, the briefing argues that a genuine 32-hour week (not compressed hours, with no loss of pay) can: ✅ Re