The Advantages Of Flexible Working Hours Among Women Employees

Employers should provide a flexible working environment for their employees as some employees have medical conditions for example diabetes which requires the person to eat regularly and carry medical equipment with them including medication and a blood sugar level machine to check their blood sugar levels regularly. They should also make it flexible for people who have children in child care centres, so those employees can leave work early as child care centres close at 6pm and in case and employees child is sick so they can go and collect their child and look after them. Employers should also provide a flexible working environment for employees so they can attend medical appointments as some specialist appointments require you to do preparation

If the workplace of today could be characterized by a single theme, it would most likely focus on the continual presence of change. Dramatic changes in technology, the marketplace and the workforce have compelled organizations to re-evaluate not only the competitiveness of their products, but also the core ways in which work is performed. It is out of this pursuit for continued survival that organizations have been faced with the notion of varying work-schedules beyond the traditional hours of nine to five. This paper will explore the societal and business changes that have led to a proliferation in flexible work patterns. This paper will also address the benefits and disadvantages of flexible work patterns for

The number of women entering the workforce has increased over the years. To reap the benefits of gender diversity and create an inclusive workplace organizations are developing flexible employment approaches. Flexible employment approaches include arrangements that allow job sharing so that employees are better able to care for their children or flexible employment conditions such as flextime that give employees input into the length and scheduling of their workweek.

Work-life balance has been a popular topic for employees across all age and occupations for years, representing a rising concern of contemporary human resource management and labor policies. This topic has attracted the attention from the millennium generation, who is stepping into the market and beginning to grow a career. Therefore considering the increasing demand, well-designed workforce planning with diverse scheduling options offered to employees appears to be extra credits for most companies. This research paper aims to communicate the positive effects of four-day workweek, and providing support for why employers should adopt this schedule for employees and themselves through 1) introducing background and history of four-day workweek as a work schedule option and 2) demonstrating benefits of four-day workweek from both employer and employees’ perspectives.

NHS staff had flexible working provision before because it is a 24 hours service however, a the new changes were made by the Government to cut down budget, nurses had to work more for less, sometimes they had to stay overtimes but they did not get more money for this. In my opinion they should be able to have flexible working because it increases staff’s motivation and productivity which could benefit the organisation and the patient’s care would be better.

Hill, E.J., Erickson, J.J., Holmes, E.K. and Ferris, M. (2010). Workplace flexibility, work hours, and work-life conflict: Finding an extra day or two. Journal of Family Psychology, 24(3),

Flexible work shifts have been on the rise due to changes in demographics such as higher amounts of females in the workplace and dual income households (Idris, 2014). In most health care industry positions, employees may be required to work long hours and shift hours. These shifts can be very hard on employee morale and welfare. Strenuous and difficult shifts can lead to burnout and high retention rates (Mathis, Jackson, & Valentine, 2014). Alegent Health offers flexible work schedules in order to help employees gain a balance between their work and personal lives. Alegent Health’s willingness to be flexible with their employees increases their retention

Flexible work arrangements allow workers opportunity for flexible hours, ability to work from home, job

The report is based on responses collected from more than 1000 employers and 2000 employees, considered UK workforce only and was conducted in early January 2012. The report presents an in-depth view of the types of flexible working provisions offered by employers including part-time working, working from home, flexitime, compressed hours, career breaks/sabbaticals, mobile working, term-time working, secondments, annual hours and time off work in the community.

Flexible hours, you can leave early or call in sick depending on the circumstances, which favours several lifestyle

As a busy Woman/Mother, I personally support a flexible workplace environment. I have experienced what it is like to be an employee and not being granted flexibility when it comes to needing time off for family commitments or having the patience and respect shown to me from an employer, when it comes to training or seeking knowledge. Having that flexible attitude from my employer at that present time would have launched me into "can do" mode and I would have achieved much more in my position as an employee due to that simple adjustment from my employer. I am one woman and if I could have a change in my work ethic due to change in another's mannerisms and expectations then imagine what a whole team of employers/employees could achieve together.

Brief summary of information: Provides suggestions and options for employer on developing and managing equitable flexible work practices.

In Atkinson and Meager’s model of flexible firm, there are 5 different types of industrial flexibility that a company and the human resources department focus on when deciding to choose if they want to allow their employees a flexible schedule or keep them working their normal 8 hour

Research into benefits of introducing a flexible schedule included a survey and reading peer reviewed reports. A survey of all one hundred employees at ABC Inc. was conducted using Survey Monkey.

Basing on introducing varied types of temporal flexibility, this essay mainly discusses how is working time flexibility mutually beneficial to the employer and the employee. However, the existence of temporal flexibility cannot only in good side, downsides are analysed to manifest temporal flexibility thoroughly. The essay is divided into three parts. The first part introduces mutual benefits on flexible work practices, the second part introduces mutual benefits on flexible work arrangements, and the last part introduces mutual benefits and conflicts.