GB Employees Say Management Are Offering Flexible Working
MORI research among employees for the DTI suggests most employees find managers receptive to flexible working. Over three quarters (77%) of employees who requested a change to their working patterns have had their request agreed to. Over four-fifths (82%) of employees who changed from full-time to part-time kept both the same job and the same level of seniority.
Additional employer and employee statistics from the study, a fact sheet on the new rights and the booklet of 50 case studies 'Flexible working: The Business Case' are available from the DTI. Please visit their website: www.dti.gov.uk/workingparents or call the helpline 08457-47 47 47.
Technical Details
Research methodology and data presented
The figures presented in this press release are preliminary and further results will be published during Summer 2003. The Second Work-Life Balance Study: Employer and Employee Survey summaries of emerging findings are published on the DTI website. The methodologies are outlined below.
The survey was conducted by telephone, using CATI (computer aided telephone interviewing), The sample was generated using random digit dialling, and quotas were set for gender and industrial classifications. Interviews were carried out with employees in Great Britain, in establishments with five or more employees, and excluded the self-employed, proprietors and owners, and those under 16 years of age and those over 65. Fieldwork was conducted in January and February 2003. Interviews were achieved with 2,003 employees, and the response rate was 29%. Gender, part-time/full-time, industrial classifications and age biases in the achieved profile were corrected by weighting the data. Only statistically significant differences at the 95% level are reported here.
