Flexible Working 2018

The 2018 XpertHR benchmarking survey on flexible working, based on responses from 229 organisations with a combined workforce of 246,045 employees.

Survey questions

What flexible working arrangements are currently in use by employees at your organisation?
What flexible working arrangements are available to but not currently in use by employees at your organisation?
What percentage of the entire workforce currently work flexibly at your organisation?
How has the number of flexible working requests changed at your organisation over the past two years?
Why has the number of flexible working requests at your organisation increased over the past two years?
What percentage of flexible working requests are accepted by your organisation?
Why has your organisation declined flexible working requests?
Who has the main responsibility for agreeing flexible working requests in your organisation?
Does your organisation provide guidelines or training to help those responsible for dealing with flexible working requests?
What benefits has your organisation experienced as a result of having flexible working patterns in place?
What problems has your organisation experienced as a result of having flexible working patterns in place?
- What steps has your organisation taken to overcome difficulties experienced as a result of having flexible working patterns in place?
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "Line managers are the biggest obstacle to making flexible working arrangements a success."
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "My organisation encourages flexible working requests from men as much as it does from women."
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "Flexible working requests mainly come from employees returning from maternity leave."
To what extent do you agree with the following statement? "Flexible working is difficult to manage and puts pressure on other team members."
Flexible Working 2018: List of survey participants

Additional information

Date:: 13 June 2018
Source:: Brightmine Surveys
Participants:: 229

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