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Metropolitan Police Service: the Working Families Employer of the Year

Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Police Service was named Working Families Employer of the Year 2006, thereby demonstrating its success in challenging a traditionally male-oriented culture that had negative attitudes towards flexible working.


KEY POINTS

  • The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has achieved a positive approach to flexible working, which is open to all officers and staff, and is moving away from a traditionally male-oriented culture that opposed flexible work patterns.