Increased flexibility and allowing working from home creates a more productive workforce – so says the Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds. In response to Amazon insisting that workers return to working five days a week in the office, he says: “Workers should be judged by their output, not by whether they are sat at a desk”.
He said this while pressing ahead with plans to reveal the Government’s new Employment Rights Bill. While much of what has been trailed is positive; including the ‘right to disconnect’ and other measures to protect workers, the jury is very much out on whether flexible working does actually boost productivity for every business.
