Expected impact of WFA

Citation

(2007), "Expected impact of WFA", Women in Management Review, Vol. 22 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/wimr.2007.05322bab.004

Expected impact of WFA

Only around one in ten employers surveyed think that any of the provisions of the WFA 2006 will be beneficial to their organisations. Smaller employers are more likely than larger employers to cite potential difficulties and less likely to see potential benefits.

Almost two-thirds (64 per cent) of employers surveyed think that the paternity leave provisions of the WFA 2006 will cause them either some (48 per cent) or significant (16 per cent) difficulties while 57 per cent think the maternity and adoption pay provisions will cause difficulties.

Attitudes towards extending the right to request flexible working are more positive. Only 4 per cent of employers surveyed think that the new right for carers to request flexible working will cause them significant difficulties. About 36 per cent expect this to cause them some difficulty. However, a similar percentage (35 per cent) are strongly in favour of extending the right to all employees, and only 13 per cent are strongly against.