SMEs offering flexible working to reduce absence - GRiD

Adam Saville
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Over a third of small-to-medium-sized firms are using flexible working to support staff compared to under a quarter of large firms

Research by GRiD has found that 35% of SMEs with up to 249 employees are combatting absenteeism with flexible working compared to just 23% of firms with staff of over 250 people. The study of 500 HR decision makers also found that 38% of micro business with between one and nine employees use flexible working as a means of reducing absence. "The larger the workforce, the easier it is to offer flexible working but the harder it is to monitor it," said Katharine Moxham, spokesperson for GRiD. "If smaller businesses are making this work as an absence-management solution though, there is n...

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