Survey highlights growth of flexible working
The number of workplaces offering staff the opportunity to work flexibly has almost doubled in the last six years, according to the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 2004.
The survey, sponsored jointly by the Department of Trade and Industry and ACAS, found that there were increases in the number of workplaces offering homeworking, term-time working, flexitime, job sharing and contractual parental and paternity leave.
The survey also found an increase in the number of employers having an equal opportunities policy in place, more use of performance appraisals and a higher number of companies using part-time workers.
Survey gives detailed picture of employment in Britain and Survey results show that flexible working has taken off Read the main findings of the survey on the Government News Network website.
The 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey Read the full findings of the survey on the DTI website.
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Workplace Employment Relations Survey.
HR's message is
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techniques such as teamworking and performance appraisals, writes Stephen
Overell.
Trade unions drinking in last chance
saloon Personnel Today's Mike Berry looks at the survey's
findings.
Refusing
a flexible working request may be discriminatory Employers refusing flexible working
requests from female employees may be vulnerable to sex discrimination claims -
even if they comply in full with the rules on the right to request flexible
working.
Model equal opportunities policies XpertHR's policies and documents section provides model policies on equal opportunities.
Model performance appraisal forms XpertHR's policies and documents section provides model appraisal forms.
Part-time workers: the basics XpertHR's employment law reference manual has guidance on employing part-time workers.