'Working rights' law change drives demand for flexible working

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More than half of employers have witnessed increasing worker requests for flexible hours over past two years, research finds

A growing number of employees in the UK are requesting flexible working arrangements from their employers, including part-time working, variable start and finish times and home-working, according to XpertHR. Its survey of 229 organisations employing more than 246,000 people across a broad range of sectors found that more than half of employers (55.9%) have seen an increase in requests for flexible working hours over the past two years, brought about by recent changes in working rights law and a shift in workplace culture. Right to request A change in the law in 2014, which extended...

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