On Building Sustianable Design’s website, an expert has provided readers with steps to flexible working, believing that it can benefit a business, as well as its employees. 

Firstly, businesses need to accept that flexible working is here to stay and it’ll become more common within the workplace. It’s important to look at how flexible working can benefit the business and how employees would like to work and then see if there’s anyway to combine them.

Secondly, the flexibility being offered depends on the person’s role, for example, a receptionist couldn’t practically work from home, whereas this could be achieved with relative ease in other roles.

Thirdly, it’s important for businesses to treat all requests for flexible working equally, as offering certain people these opportunities but denying them to others can cause resentment.

Fourthly, it’s important to set up measures to assess whether flexible working is reaching targets and working. This can get doubting managers to acknowledge flexible working policies if positive results are achieved.

Finally, it’s vital to set up protocols for communication. An example would be to make everyone attend a weekly meeting, as if everyone is working different hours, in different places, communication can very often break down.

Find out more about flexible working technology at the Interchange Group.