UK: lagging behind on work time flexibility

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ime flexibility according to an EOC (Equal Opportunities Commission) study, reopening the debate on the need or not for legislation. (Ref. 070534)

According to a poll among 8000 firms, 90% of continental companies award their employees flexitime against 48% in the UK. Only one firm in five, half the figure in Germany or Denmark, gives its personnel the possibility of working from home. “It locks people into a culture of fixed hours and attendance in the workplace” asserts the Commission report.

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