This alternative work arrangement, flexible scheduling, allows an employee to work a
non-traditional schedule to meet personal needs. Generally, a flexible schedule is
agreed to and worked for a period of time. Some employers do, however,
allow employees to shift schedules daily as personal needs require.
Several kinds of Flex-Time arrangements are popular including:
Compressed Work Week: employee works a full time job in less than 5
working days. An example is 4 ten hour days.
Core Hours Schedule: An employer defines core work hours (10:00 AM to
3:00 PM for example) during which employees must be at work. Each
individual can then pick an arrival and departure time, for a total of 8 hours
of work per day, which meets his or her needs and
includes the core hours. For instance, one employee may
choose to start the day at 6:30 AM and leave at 3:00 PM (allowing 1/2 hour for lunch), while another may prefer to start at 10:00 AM and
leave at 6:30.
Adjusted Lunch Period:An employee may choose to take time off in the
middle of the day to work out or run errands and then
adjust the start or leave time accordingly. For instance, an employee
starts the day at 8:00 AM and then is off from 11-1 to
go to the gym. The normal work day would then end at 6:00 PM.
