Flexible working is key to tackling the gender pay gap,but it must be embraced by everyone – including the bums on seats brigade Mention flexible working and people contain certain ideas. A rosy picture of conference calls in pyjamas, lunchtime swims, or possibly a desk under a tree in the back garden. Gliding through our inbox in peace at 8am and logging off by 4pm. These are all ideas had by people who contain never actually done flexible working,of course, but we can’t let the dream die.
particularly not now the government has announced that flexible working is the key to tackling the gender pay gap. A report last month by the women and equalities select committee, and chaired by Conservative MP Maria Miller,identified the lack of flexible working opportunities – including variable start and finish times, working from home, or the option to work fewer days – as the main driver of the enduring pay difference between men and women (still at a dismal 19.2%).
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Source: theguardian.com