Working closely with the NHS, agilab developed a framework to help NHS managers take an inclusive, fair, evidence-based approach to decent and agile flexible working. The resource helps managers to look-up common workforce challenges and learn how decent and agile flexible working can assist with improving service provision, strengthening recruitment and retention, and reducing burnout and sickness absence. Lots of examples are provided from agilab research with NHS workers,

The UK's Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has just launched a new parliamentary inquiry into flexible working and disability and it's asking some important questions. Despite the post-pandemic cultural shift towards flexible working, the employment rate for working-age disabled people in Q2 2025 was just 52.8%, compared to 82.5% for non-disabled people. That gap is stubbornly persistent and this inquiry seeks to know why. 🔍 The inquiry will examine: ➡️ The effectiveness

Mental Health UK's Burnout Report 2026 (4,500+ UK adults) makes for sobering reading: 91% of adults experienced high or extreme stress in the past year — unchanged for the third year running. 1 in 3 workers don't feel comfortable discussing stress with their manager — and that number is rising 🏥 1 in 5 workers took sick leave due to stress-related poor mental health 📋 Only 17% of those returning from stress-related absence had a formal return-to-work plan And for 18–24 year