This Working Life: Employers must do more than just fly the flag for flexible work

Flexibility in the workplace is not the same as remote working and companies who want to attract and retain staff need to look at options such as compressed hours, job share, term time and part-time work

Under a new EU directive, employees who are in a caring role such as parents or carers will have the right to request flexible work arrangements. Picture: Getty

The employment market has changed dramatically and employees are now in a very strong position when it comes to negotiating better pay and conditions.

To retain staff, employers need to examine and improve their flexible work offering or risk losing their best talent to more attractive and more flexible workplaces.

While there was always an appetite for flexible work from the employee side, tentative pleas in a resistant presenteeism culture have been replaced by a ...