December 12, 2007—The latest Work-Life Balance Employer Survey, commissioned by the UK’s Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) has found that 95 percent of workplaces offer some form of flexible working for staff.
Flexibility and being able to balance work with family and leisure time are becoming prized job benefits in the British workplace, with employers eager to offer more tailor-made, flexible working to secure and retain loyal employees.
The amount of workplaces providing childcare facilities, or other arrangements to help parents combine work with family commitments, has more than doubled since 2003, from 8% to 18%. Recent research also shows more men than ever are keen to work flexibly, making up 43% of employees who requested a change to working patterns in the past two years.
For more information, see the BERR Web site.
