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• Part-time men are changing employment patterns

  By flexibleboss on July 23, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The increasing number of men working part-time has helped diversify employment relationships. Greater variation in working patterns is one of the ‘Megatrends’ identified by the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) in a report published last week. As… Read More ›

• Flexible women come out on top down under

  By flexibleboss on July 22, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Women with a high level of job flexibility waste less time, are more productive and have more clarity over their career direction, according to a report by Ernst & Young Australia. It said women aged between 20 and 34 who… Read More ›

• Tired old business model damages flexi-working

  By flexibleboss on July 19, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer may have a point. Flexibility will flounder without community, says business author Philip Whiteley. Marissa Mayer, chief executive of Yahoo!, caused controversy in February this year by curbing home-working. She cited communication problems in the… Read More ›

• Mobile rebels refuse to switch to silent

  By flexibleboss on July 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  More than a third of office workers would leave their job if they couldn’t use their mobile phone for work. Research by cloud computing specialist VMware revealed that 67% of office workers don’t believe their organization gives them the mobile… Read More ›

• Is working from home worth giving up a management position?

  By flexibleboss on July 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Everett Sizemore, director of SEO innovation at US company seOverflow, has been working from home full time since 2010. He tells Flexible Boss why his management role had to go. It is not at all uncommon for an employee to… Read More ›

• Office workers still tied to desks, says Virgin Media

  By flexibleboss on July 18, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  More than half the UK’s office workers are not able to work remotely, according to a survey by Virgin Media Business. It said security concerns are stopping businesses giving staff these freedoms. Virgin questioned 500 CIOs and business leaders and… Read More ›

• Civil service reform failing to create modern workplace

  By flexibleboss on July 16, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Government has failed to make sufficient progress towards enabling flexible working and creating modern workplaces for civil servants, the Cabinet Office has admitted. It is to introduce flexible working guidelines from autumn, allowing staff to “embrace working from different locations… Read More ›

• Find your flexible working tipping point

  By flexibleboss on July 16, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Organisations need to find their own flexible working balance to maintain competitive advantage, says Heather Greig-Smith Patience is a virtue and one that is certainly needed when it comes to the spread of flexible working. Only in recent years has… Read More ›

• Flexible working ‘could add £8bn to economy’

  By flexibleboss on July 15, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  UK businesses could make productivity gains and cost savings of more than £8bn by adopting flexible working practices. A think-tank report published this week sponsored by Vodafone surveyed 2,828 employees. It found employees estimate they could gain on average 5… Read More ›

• Part-time workers ‘missing out’ on health benefits

  By flexibleboss on July 12, 2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Employers are forgetting to look after the health of their part-time workers, say health and safety experts. There is a clear divide in the health benefits enjoyed by full-time and part-time workers, according to health and safety specialist Croner. This… Read More ›