Working from Home – Employees Seek Flexible Hours and Conditions
Working from Home – Employees Seek Flexible Hours and Conditions
92% Want More Flexible Working Conditions
A survey by Timewise, a UK consultancy, shows that a high proportion of adults have indicated a desire for greater flexibility in their working hours and arrangements.
Timewise, which advises businesses on implementing flexible working, surveyed 3,000 UK adults, including the employed, part-time, and jobseekers. It found that full-time workers of both genders want flexibility to reduce commute times, increase leisure or study time, and to assist with childcare.
The survey from Timewise suggests young people are most concerned about the issue - over 92% of working 18-34 year olds in the survey wanted flexible hours. 88% of 35-54 year olds and 72% of those aged 55 and above were interested in a less rigid work day.
Timewise joint chief executive Karen Mattison: "Flexible working is of very high importance to individuals and it's become business as usual for companies, but if you look at the jobs market, people are trapped by the inflexibility".
"Getting flexibility right will be an imperative for employers who want to attract and keep the best possible people at a time of skills shortages".