Employers have come to see "the bigger picture" of the many and varied benefits of flexible working, it has been claimed.

Shirley Borrett, development director at the Telework Association, said the debate about employment rights hindering small businesses had given flexible working practices a bad name.

"The 2003 legislation that gave parents the right to request flexible working was good from the point of view that it certainly raised its profile and made a lot of organisations formalise their policies and procedures," she stated.

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Source and full article: Microsoft Small Business News