Jacqui Smith says Labour hopes to ‘make it much more likely’ that smokers will want to give up
Education minister Jacqui Smith has dismissed reports of a businesses being forced to accept employees’ demands for a four-day week, saying the government’s plans for flexible working would enable fewer days to be worked through compressed hours.
She told LBC radio:
We think that flexible working is actually good for productivity. So the four-day week that I know is on the front of quite a lot of newspapers today, what we’re actually talking about there is the type of flexible working that enables you to use compressed hours.
So perhaps instead of working eight hours a day for five days, you work 10 hours a day for four days.
Well, no, and nor can lots of other people, but that doesn’t mean that those people that can do it shouldn’t have the ability to do it.”
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Jacqui Smith says Labour hopes to ‘make it much more likely’ that smokers will want to give upEducation minister Jacqui Smith has dismissed reports of a businesses being forced to accept employees’ demands for a four-day week, saying the government’s plans for flexible working would enable fewer days to be worked through compressed hours.She told LBC radio:We think that flexible working is actually good for productivity. So the four-day week that I know is on the front of quite a lot of newspapers today, what we’re actually talking about there is the type of flexible working that enables you to use compressed hours.So perhaps instead of working eight hours a day for five days, you work 10 hours a day for four days.Well, no, and nor can lots of other people, but that doesn’t mean that those people that can do it shouldn’t have the ability to do it.” Continue reading…
