Play fair over World Cup, bosses warned
01/06/10 | 11:55
Half of ten employers are considering flexible working options during the world cup but 70% have yet to put in place a formal World Cup strategy, new research reveals.
Only 19% employers are applying the same flexible attitude to non-England matches, a survey by legal firm DLA Piper found.
The company is now warning companies of the dangers of not implementing a structured strategy to make sure all employees are given fair treatment.
“Shift swapping and flexible hours are all great strategies, but business leaders need to consider the finer implications of their actions,” said Tim Marshall, partner at DLA Piper.
“By failing to offer staff who follow teams other than England the same opportunities for flexible working, employers are potentially opening themselves up to allegations of discrimination.”
Marshall said it was equally important to allow fans of alternative sporting tournaments, or those not interested in sport, to feel accommodated too.
He added: “By not offering flexible working patterns to staff that don't follow football at all, and expecting them to pick up their colleagues work, bosses could be undoing much of the goodwill they have tried to create.”
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