Research from BT Business and Nortel shows employers are reluctant to move staff away from their desks.
BT has 70,000 flexible workers and claims this has saved the firm £500 million in building costs and 100,000 tonnes of CO2
John Wright, national chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "This boils down to a matter of trust. In the current climate, small firms need to be operating at full stretch. [The recent] bad weather demonstrated the need for British businesses to enable their employees to be productive wherever they are."
See HR's flexible working supplement in the forthcoming March issue for more details.
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