英语六级考试快读阅读练习及答案（15）_大学英语阅读

英语六级考试快读阅读练习及答案（15）

　　By law, companies must consider seriously requests to work flexibly made by a parent with a child under the age of six, or a disabled child under 18. It was the need to accommodate employees with young children that motivated accountancy firm Wright Vigar to begin promoting teleworking recently. The company, which needed to upgrade its IT infrastructure to provide connectivity with a new, second office, decided to introduce support for remote working at the same time.

　　Marketing director Jack OHern explains that the company has a relatively young workforce, many of whom are parents: One of the triggers was when one of our tax managers returned from maternity leave. She was intending to work part time, but could only manage one day a week in the office due to childcare. By offering her the ability to work from home, we have doubled her capacitynow she works a day a week from home, and a day in the office. This is great for her, and for us as we retain someone highly qualified.

　　For Wright Vigar, which has now equipped all of its fee-earners to be able to work at maximum productivity when away from the offices , this strategy is not just about saving on commute time or cutting them loose from the office, but enabling them to work more flexible hours that fit around their home life.

　　OHern says: Although most of our work is client-based and must fit around this, we cant see any reason why a parent cant be on hand to deal with something important at home, if they have the ability to complete a project later in the day.