Proposals put forward by a Conservative Party review would damage the progress made towards flexible working in the UK if they were implemented, it has been claimed.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is convinced that the ideas outlined in the Conservative Party’s Economic Competitiveness Review would lead to businesses around the country curbing their flexible working practices.
And the proposals would seem to go against the commitments made by Tory leader David Cameron earlier this year, when he expressed support for flexible working practices, the TUC suggests.
"Mr Cameron has made some interesting speeches about flexible working and the modern workplace, yet these proposals would turn the clock back," said the TUC’s deputy general secretary Frances O’Grady.
"[The proposals if implemented] will hit flexible-working and family-friendly policies – bad news in particular for working women," she added.
A host of prominent organisations, including Transport for London and the British Chamber of Commerce, support the not-for-profit Work Wise UK campaign to encourage flexible and home-based working around the country.
