GOODBYE holiday charts or pulling a sickie. How about holidays, a day off, a lie-in or an early finish whenever you like?

That’s what Richard Branson is offering Virgin employees, who’ll be allowed to take as much time off as they want, whenever they want.

He says he trusts people to get their work done and fit in with colleagues.

And when so much work is done at home or away from the office, there’s no easy way to track who’s where and when in any case.

Brilliant. Virgin is treating its staff like grown ups, trusting them to have a responsible attitude towards work and colleagues.

A few idiots will abuse it, of course.

A few will stretch the latitude to the limit. But my bet is that most will take no more time off than they do now and some will take even less.

That’s what happens when you trust people.