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Great Britain/Major campaign to make flexible working normal. On 14 January, the government backed Flexible Working Task Force that has gathered together the CIPD HR specialist association, the CBI employers organization, and the TUC trade union federation, launched a campaign inviting companies to focus on flexible working. To this end, guidance will be distributed to employers to help them promote flexible working and identify the benefits from flexible working. Peter Cheese, chief executive of the CIPD and co-chair of the Flexible Working Task Force stated, “Providing more flexible opportunities for how, when and where people work should be part of every organisation’s strategy to attract and retain the talent and skills they need.”
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