The final report of the UKRI/ESRC funded COVID-19 research programme launches in March 2022. Half the Sky partnered with the University of Southampton and the Institute for Employment Studies to deliver this two year programme of research examining the impact of working-from-home under successive cycles of lockdown on how employees in the UK want to work. The report provides compelling evidence of a permanent shift in attitudes and preferences towards remote and hybrid working, and discusses the significant implications for policy and organisations.

The second webinar by the ESRC Work After Lockdown research team, chaired by Dr Zoe Young, considers whether all we have learned about remote working will drive new demands for other forms of flexible working. The research team were delighted to be joined by Peter Cheese, Chief Executive of the CIPD to share his thoughts and the work of the UK Flexible Working Task Force.