Inequality in flexible working dividing Britain into ‘two-tier workforce’

Exclusive: Office workers have more flexibility than frontline staff such as nurses and shop workers, report says

Britain is dividing into a two-tier workforce as office staff benefit from flexible working but the conditions of frontline staff such as nurses and shop workers remain frozen in time", according to a report.

Workers who were considered to be on the frontline during the pandemic have seen no change to their working hours or shift patterns in recent years, according to research by Timewise, a social enterprise that helps businesses with flexible working policies. This is despite the post-pandemic rise in hybrid working for office-based staff.