Flexi-time: a 'win-win' for both Beatrice Webb and Yvette Cooper
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What could be more Brownite than extending flexible working time among Britain's
hard-working families? The prime minister this week promised to do it for 4.5 million
employees, in between fending off fresh attacks on his economic competence and media
suggestions he spend more time looking after his own kids by resigning.
On cue yesterday, up popped Imelda Walsh, human resources capo at Sainsbury's, with
a report by John Hutton's department for business (acronym, BERR) saying it can
be done without much pain to business. A "win-win" in which families are happier
at home and work, says research by Cranfield School of Management.
Full article on The Guardian.