EMPLOYERS are granting almost eight out of 10 requests for flexible work from parents with young children, according to new statistics.
The figures, released by the Department of Trade and Industry, mark the first anniversary of the Government introducing the right to request flexible working for parents of young or disabled children.
The statistics show that since last April almost a quarter (24 per cent) of those parents have asked for the change in hours. The findings also reveal that the proportion of flexible working requests being declined has nearly halved - from 20 per cent before April 2003 to 11 per cent after, which suggests that the regulations have increased employers' willingness to consider requests seriously.
The new data comes from a sample of almost 3,500 employees in Great Britain, carried out by the Office of National Statistics.
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