Ireland among least flexible on working time

ONLY one-in-10 Irish adults have some degree of flexibility over their working time, according to a new EU survey.

The findings mean the Irish worker has one of the least flexible arrangements of any national labour force within the EU, especially among western European member states.

The figures show that almost 80% of Irish employees have regular nine-to-five type jobs with no flexibility in their working arrangements, with women having slightly less flexibility than their male counterparts.