| answer text |
<p>The Government is considering the business practices, opportunities and risks associated
with home and “hybrid” working, as some employers choose to embed these new ways of
working into organisational business models more permanently. My Hon. Friend the Minister
for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets has reconvened the Flexible Working
Taskforce – a partnership across business groups, trade unions, charities, and government
departments – to help inform the Government’s thinking and support employers as we
navigate the impact of Covid-19 on future ways of working.</p><p><br> The Taskforce
has been asked to help take forward the best of what we have learned through the pandemic
about more flexible ways of working as the economy starts to fully open up.</p><p>
</p><p>The Taskforce will provide wider advice on best practice, so that employers
are better able to support all forms of flexible working – whether the flexibility
relates to the amount, timing or location of work. As part of this advice, the Taskforce
will consider the issues associated with an employee’s ability to disconnect from
work when working remotely and the related mental health considerations.</p>
|
|
