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As World Cup fever builds ahead of Monday’s middle-of-the-night match, businesses are scrambling to work out how they handle the day after. <\/b><\/p>\n
Employees who are hoping to stay up late for England’s clash with Mexico – which kicks off at 01:00 BST – will want to know what their options are.<\/p>\n
While some industries such as manufacturing and retail will be less able to provide flexibility, others are offering bleary-eyed fans later starts so they can catch up on sleep.<\/p>\n
Joshua Elash, who runs London-based firm MT Finance Group, is allowing his staff to start work at 11:00. <\/p>\n
“It wasn’t a dilemma at all. This was as close to a no-brainer as a business can get,” he says.<\/p>\n
“Everybody at this company works in the office. We don’t actually have a work from home policy here. <\/p>\n
“We’re a finance company, so we think it’s important and critical that everybody is in and communicating and working together in real time. <\/p>\n
“So yeah, under normal circumstances, all 125 of them would be here in the office at 08:45 or 09:00 Monday morning. But that certainly won’t be the case this Monday.”<\/p>\n
Joshua says he and other senior managers will be staying up to watch the game, and says if he fancies a lie-in it’s only fair to extend that to the rest of the team.<\/p>\n
“It’s good for morale,” he says, adding it will be worth it even if Monday isn’t a particularly productive day overall.<\/p>\n
“Some things are more important than, you know, a day’s revenue,” he adds. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n