IRS flexible working survey 2010: benefits, issues, and making it work

In this article of our three-part flexible working report, we look at which options are on offer, the benefits and pitfalls, and how organisations are successfully adapting to new ways of working. 

• IRS flexible working survey 2010: benefits, issues, and making it work In this survey, 42% of respondents recognise the cost-saving benefits of flexible working - compared with 33% in 2009. 

IRS flexible working survey 2010: combating the recession In the first part of the 2010 IRS flexible working report, IRS investigates how employers have been using flexible working to cut employment costs and reduce job losses during difficult economic times. 

IRS flexible working survey 2010: take-up and employee requests In the second part of the 2010 flexible working report, IRS looks at the number of employee requests being made for flexible working, the extent to which informal arrangements are considered, and how many employees are actually working in non-traditional ways. 

Read the 2009 IRS flexible working survey, covering:

• availability, take-up and impact, the extent to which employers allow employees to work flexibly, and the benefits and difficulties of doing so; and
• handling requests, examining the impact of legislation that gives parents and carers a right to request flexible working, and looks at the processes used by employers to deal with such requests. 

KPMG avoids redundancies through flexible working Professional services firm KPMG achieved an 85% take-up rate for its voluntary flexible working scheme, saving the firm £1.2 million in employment costs.