Opinion divided on flexible working

By Simon Vevers, Nursery World, 30 October 2008

Reports that the Government may row back from extending the right to seek flexible working have been met with a mixed reaction from charities, childcare organisations and nursery providers.

Gill Smith, who runs the Gooseberry Bush Day Nursery in Camborne, Cornwall, said it 'would help immensely if people were not on flexible working' and that when the nursery fills up and has 80 children attending part time it is 'something of a nightmare'. She explained, 'It is the coming and going and working out which bit of care is funded and which isn't that is a growing problem.' However, the Family and Parenting Institute...

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