Flexible Working

Flexible working is a way of working that suits an employee’s needs.

Double encourages a flexible approach towards working hours, to help suit employees’ life work balance. For example, some employees may decide to come in later in the morning but leave later in the evening, while others may decide to take a shorter lunch break and leave earlier.

For this to work every member of the team is aware that they are responsible for completing their workload and hitting their deadlines, discussing their requests for flexible working with colleagues as they arise and as it is necessary. Internal meetings will not be held outside of the hours of 9.30am and 4.30pm unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Should you wish to adapt your working hours or location on a permanent basis we ask you to discuss this with a Director in line with our Flexible Working Policy and with the team in terms of the implications on your work.

All requests must be made in writing and the Company has a statutory duty to consider the request seriously and to refuse it only if there are clear business grounds for doing so. Employees making applications for flexible working have the right to be accompanied at any meetings by a fellow employee.

Working Remotely

For many people working from home or another remote location can provide the ability to be more flexible in your life. It can also have the added benefits of being able to provide some peace and quiet to focus on a task.

At Double, we encourage employees to work from home or from another location, other than the main office, to help them achieve a work life balance.

There will also be times when it might be necessary for you to work from somewhere that isn't home or the office. We ask that you apply the same principles to these circumstances as you would working at home.

We ask that all ad-hoc requests to work from home are discussed with your team members to ensure that they do not affect the day to day running of projects and business, and that you are flexible with your plans if required.

All changes to working arrangements should be logged on our internal project management system to ensure that everybody knows of your whereabouts.

Permanent changes to your working location will need to be formally requested in writing and will then be considered by the company directors in line with the Flexible Working Policy.

The guidelines surrounding remote working (including from home) can be found in our Remote Working (Virtual Office Stewardship) policy.

Sabbaticals

Double will always make an effort to accommodate employees who wish to take a sabbatical.

As each employees role is different, with a variety of responsibilities and skill sets, sabbaticals will need to be considered case by case, but will be accommodated where possible.