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Concerns have been raised that the benefits of flexible working are being "skewed" towards higher earners - with new research showing just over half of low-paid workers can work in this way compared with four out of five of those with better paid jobs.
Only 51 of those earning less than £20,000 have flexible working
Low paid workers in Scotland have the least flexible working, and the gap between the number of flexible staff on the lowest and highest salaries has widened, according to a new study.
Only half of those earning less than £20,000 have flexible working, compared with 80 per cent of those on a salary of more than £50,000 a year, according to research by consultants Flexibility Works.
"Techscaler has helped me take the plunge, and believe [my idea’s] possible,” says start-up founder Genna Masterton of the programme delivered by Scotland’s CodeBase, which says it is the UK’s largest technology incubator.