Legislation on increasing flexible working has failed, new research finds
Research unveiled this week at the British Sociological Association conference in Belfast has found that there has been no significant overall increase in the number of employees working flexibly since the legislation came into effect in 2014.
Researcher Joanna Wilson, from The University of Manchester, analysed survey data from a sample of up to 24,736 UK employees.
She found that when comparing the same people in 2010 and 2015, there was little change in the uptake of flexible working – those working flexible start and finis... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
