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The rising demand for flexible work environments is driving changes in workplace culture in the U.K. Â
The January 2024 Flex Report: U.K. Edition, published by Flex Index, examined flexible work practices among nearly 5,000 companies in the U.K. — employing around 3 million people in the country. It reveals that the majority of U.K. employers, or 72%, offer some form of work location flexibility for their corporate employees. Â
The report also reveals that the most favored workplace model in the U.K. is the Structured Hybrid approach, adopted by 44% of employers. In this workplace model, employers specify a certain amount of office time required for workers to come into the office, per week. Â
Fully remote work holds a little more than a quarter of the workplace models analyzed in the report, with 28% of U.K. employers requiring zero days of onsite work. Interestingly, the same percentage of employers (28%) require their employees to be in the office full-time. When it comes to the specific number of days required for hybrid workers to work at the office, it varies. According to the report, 38% require workers to spend at least two to three days in the office per week, while a small minority (3% each) expect either one or four days.Â
These findings show a clear move towards flexible work arrangements in the U.K., coinciding with broader global trends towards greater flexibility. Â
