Adoption of flexible working options lagging behind in London

The impact of flexible working legislation has been minimal in London, research from the CIPD has found.

Despite the fact that, ever since July 2014, employees with at least 26 weeks’ service have been allowed to request flexible working, only around 52 per cent of Londoners enjoy any sort of flexible working, 2 per cent below the national average.

Furthermore, 69 per cent of Londoners who work flexibly are ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with their jobs, compared with 52 per cent of those who don’t work flexibly.

And 24 per cent of flexible workers living in London report being under excessive pressure every day or at least once or twice a week, compared to 42 per cent of non-flexible workers. Almost a quarter of those working flexibly are ‘very satisfied’ with their work-life balance, 32 per cent above their counterparts.

An analysis of 3.5 million job adverts earlier this year suggested that just 6.2 per cent of those offering a full-time equivalent salary of £20,000 or more mentioned a degree of flexibility. London was rated the worst place to find flexible, well-paid work.

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