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Workers 'wait at home for tradesmen'

More than a third of workers are using their holiday entitlement to wait in for deliveries and tradespeople, according to new research.

Figures from insurance firm Churchill found that 35 per cent of people wait at home for deliveries or tradesmen, taking almost 13.5 million days off work in the process.

Meanwhile, 15 per cent were found to take unpaid leave to wait in, costing them an average of £116 a year each.

Churchill calculated that if this is repeated across their working life, they could lose out on more than £5,000 in wages.

Martin Scott, head of Churchill Home Insurance, commented: "Our research clearly shows there is a hidden cost to householders when having repairs undertaken or receiving deliveries which few of us consider."

Respondents were mainly found to wait at home in order to monitor tradesmen while they work, while some said they want to be on hand to assist with queries.

The figures could support growing arguments to allow people to request flexible working, which were recently backed up by children's minister Beverley Hughes.

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22/02/2007 16:46:27

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