Business resilience through flexible working
Observations from a focus group meeting of diversity experts on the challenges facing employers in progressing the uptake and use of flexible working
Although growing business case testimonies position flexible working as the way ahead to meet competition and sustain global market delivery, recent survey findings show that the uptake and use of flexible working has increased only slowly in recent years.
A CIPD Senior Diversity Network focus group discussed issues around flexible working and the challenges that employers face in developing responses that help them to maintain economic success in the face of an ageing working population and the need to attract and retain a diverse workforce. This report, Future-proofing business resilience through flexible working, offers their observations and conclusions.
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