PUBLIC SECTOR TOPS WORK LIFE BALANCE BENEFIT POLICIES
Public sector organisations lead the way in offering benefits such
as time off in lieu, flexi time and working from home to promote
work life balance. This is according to a new survey out today by
Manpower, the UK’s leading HR and recruitment company.
According to the survey of 3,500 public and private employers:
Nearly 70% of public sector organisations said that they offer
benefits to attract a wider range of candidates compared to 40%
of employers in manufacturing organisations and 48% in the services
sector.
97.1% public sector companies offer benefits ahead of 89.5%
service and 86.6% manufacturing organisations.
Health topped the sub-sector poll ahead with 95.8% health employers
offering benefits.
Hertfordshire County Council has outsourced the recruitment of
all temporary and permanent candidates to Manpower. Peter English,
who is responsible for managing Manpower’s HCC relationship,
comments:
“Although most organisations have good work/life balance benefit
policies in place, the public sector tops work life balance policies
offered in other sectors. As a result, it is succeeding in attracting
quality employees, and is retaining a happy and motivated workforce,
which ultimately results in increased productivity. Flexible working
attracts many people such as working mothers back to work in the
public sector, as many can start work at 8am and leave much earlier
in the afternoon, allowing them to fulfil childcare commitments.
“Furthermore, many civil servants accrue hours and then take
days off allowing them to pick and choose their work routines. As
a result, public sector continues to be an attractive sector to
work in, not only for the increasing number of jobs becoming available
with rising government investment, but through the special attention
they pay to the needs of its employees.”
Manpower has extensive expertise in working with public sector clients.
The company currently works with over 70 councils nationwide, providing
a range of HR, temporary and permanent staffing solutions tailored
to particular requirements. Clients include Hertfordshire County
Council, The National Blood Service and the Government’s South
Wales New Deal.
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on 020 8870 2214. Or you can e-mail us by selecting Press
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