Does flexible working give employers summer holiday blues?

Are there empty desks in your office? Are your staff covering other employees' workloads as their colleagues sun themselves in Biarritz? Summer in the workplace can be a time of great upheaval as employees take extended breaks, have additional time off to look after children, or are perhaps inclined to want to work shorter hours as the sun beats against the windows.

Flexible working patterns are becoming more and more prevalent in business. For employees with a family both parents are ofte... (320 more words)

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