Business groups begin flexible work backlash

Family-friendly policies have been a key fighting ground during the general election campaign which comes to an end on Thursday, but employers are beginning to question whether flexible rights have gone too far.

With greater maternity and paternity rights on the horizon whichever party wins this week's election, as well as the imminent loss of the UK's opt-out from the European Working Time Directive, employers' groups are worried that work-life balance has skewed too far away from the needs of business.