KPMG avoids redundancies using flexible working scheme
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.
- KPMG avoids redundancies using flexible working scheme Four in five of the 11,000 KPMG partners and staff signed up to the voluntary flexible working scheme, which means they can be asked to take a sabbatical or work a shorter week, at short notice.
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