Gen Z Cops 'Won't Work Weekends or Overtime'
"They aren't like Gen X that came in before them," Chief Superintendent Rob Hay of the Association of Scottish Police said of recruits in Scotland.
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"They aren't like Gen X that came in before them," Chief Superintendent Rob Hay of the Association of Scottish Police said of recruits in Scotland.
Young people have a 'different expectation' of work-life balance and police forces must alter its working demands if it is to appeal to Gen Zers, bosses were told.
Police bosses have been warned that many young recruits won't want to work on the weekends or overtime, and will want time off for "intimate" moments and naps.
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The former general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, said that around 3,800 cases had been logged since the controversial new legislation came into force.