Flexible working increases productivity
Flexible working increases workers’ productivity, according to Rob Lovell, chief executive of ThinkGrid – a cloud IT services provider.
UK workers spend 21.8 million hours travelling to and from work each day.
This costs the UK £266 million worth of working time each day, according to TUC calculations.
But Lovell believes that technological developments in computing mean that people should be able to work from the place that suits them best – in the process removing hours of travel every day.
“With the ability to securely access documents and remotely collaborate on them in real-time, and with desktop and phone systems able to span the globe, there is no reason why a traditional five-day working week in the office should continue,” he said.
Allowing employees to work more flexibly could add extra time to their working day and remove a commute which might impact on their productivity, he added.
Research commissioned by the government recently revealed that 82% of adults are unaware that people who care for a spouse or relative can ask their employer for flexible working arrangements.
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