Flexible Working

Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 18 December 2023.

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Photo of Tim Loughton Tim Loughton Conservative, East Worthing and Shoreham

As the Minister mentioned, the hospital industry—especially in coastal constituencies such as mine—is suffering disproportionately from high vacancy levels exacerbated by covid and the shift in working patterns. What more can the Government do to encourage smarter working and job sharing? For example, students and younger people could work some of the later and weekend hours—the less social hours—sharing with parents with family responsibilities, who could work more regular hours during the daytime.