All vacancies to be offered on a flexible basis

Yvette Cooper, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has announced that, from later this year, every time a new full-time vacancy is advertised in a job centre, the employer will be asked if the position can be instead offered part-time, as a job-share or another variant of flexible working,


Speaking to the Independent on Sunday, the minister said that companies won’t be forced to change vacancy hours but ministers hope that a “cultural change” will develop wh... (295 more words)

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