Flexible working might well be the perk of choice for most staff, but – if truth be told – ithasn’t always been greeted with such enthusiasm from managers.As recently as 2019, one in three requests were actually turned down; and often it wasn’tthat difficult to do. Employers merely had to choose from a list of sanctioned reasons –including that it created additional cost, had a detrimental impact on ability to meetcustomer demand, was difficult to square with other staff or that it had a detrimentalimpact on quality or performance.
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