Zurich sees results from flexible working initiative

The insurer launched an initiative to advertise all new vacancies as a potential part-time, job share or full-time opportunity, as well as flexible working, in March 2019, which also included the use of gender-neutral language in job advertisements. Zurich has since recorded a 66% increase in overall applications to the company since the launch of the initiative, while in the past 12 months nearly one in four new female hires (23%) has been appointed on a part-time basis, up from 10% in 2019. Demand for flexible working has surged since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and Zurich's ...