YES - Mary MacLeod, chief executive, the Family & ParentingInstitute
The institute fully supports calls not only for flexible workingpatterns, but also the right to request part-time work. Flexible workingallows parents to earn a living and spend time with their children andpartners.
It also helps all people with caring responsibilities. It makes goodbusiness sense too. A 2005 survey for the Chartered Institute ofPersonnel and Development showed 74 per cent of human resources officersbelieved flexible working had a positive effect on employeeretention.
NO - Patricia Peter, head of corporate governance and employment,Institute of Directors
Flexible working should develop through recognition of its benefits, notfurther regulation.
Our members have embraced it and our current survey shows a largemajority of visitors to the institute saying productivity improves withflexible working. Business reasons are why flexible working has foundfavour with employers. The imposition of greater bureaucratic burdens islikely to make employers less likely to be flexible and inclined tooffer less not more.
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