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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Union slams calls to end flexible working  Workers dealing with an employment contract law service would have no right to flexible working, under proposals set out by the Institute of Directors (IoD). The IoD has argued that this employee right creates an unnecessary burden on businesses and "does little or nothing to boost flexible working". It also wants the government to abolish the right to request time off for training. The proposals have been slammed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which has accused the IoD of living in a "Thatcherite fantasy world". TUC general-secretary Brendan Barber said flexible working should be seen not as a cost to firms, but as "sound business sense". "Workplaces where employees can alter their working patterns to fit around their busy lives and commitments outside the office will feel less stressed and anxious, and so be more committed and productive at work," he added. The IoD also called for the end of the process of collective bargaining in the NHS and education sectors to boost productivity. Mr Barber said these plans would "entrench regional inequality and destroy robust pay systems", as well as increase costs and paperwork. Posted by Gaby Hamerton 
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