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CBI warns against flexible working
Employers have warned that the Government's plans to give more mothers and fathers the right to request flexible working could deepen Britain's economic woes.
The Confederation of British Industry urged ministers not to give in to demands by trade unions and Labour activists for a big extension of workplace rights at a meeting of the party's national policy forum starting today
The Independent disclosed yesterday that ministers plan to encourage more fathers to work part-time or flexible hours when they extend the right to request flexible working to parents with children aged 16 and under. Ministers believe that tackling the problem of "absent fathers" who rarely see their children because they work long hours may be a factor in social problems such as knife crime.
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July 25, 2008
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