Flexible working hours are good for business: UN

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On the flip side, restricting flexibility increased costs, including because of increased staff turnover. Read more at straitstimes.com.

GENEVA - Flexible working arrangements like those introduced during the Covid-19 crisis are not only good for employees but also boost productivity and potentially a business’s bottom line, the United Nations said on Friday.

The report examines the crisis response measures governments and businesses used as the pandemic spread, aimed at keeping organisations functioning and workers employed.And it determined that the “large-scale implementation of telework” put in place around the world had “changed not only teleworking but also the nature of employment, most likely for the foreseeable future”.

“There is a substantial amount of evidence that work-life balance policies provide significant benefits to enterprises,” it said.

 

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