The term 'flexible work practices'
covers all the innovative ways employers and employees can agree to
structure work to accommodate business and individual needs.
Flexibility
and Flexible Work are terms used to describe a wide range of work
styles and employment practices.
It is about maximizing your freedom to work where and when it suits you.
We are all different.
Not all of us
want to work a traditional five day week or work full time hours.
It
should be recognised that flexible working does not suit everyone. Some
people prefer the structured, work day and perform better when they are
surrounded by their Colleagues.
However, there are a great many people
who are well suited to flexible working patterns and who not only
improve their productivity but greatly enhance their own quality of
life.
"Flexible working" is a phrase that describes any working
pattern adapted to suit others needs.
Types of flexible working are:
part-time:, flexi-time (choosing when to work) annualised hours (your
hours are worked out over a year) compressed hours (working your agreed
hours over fewer days) staggered hours (different starting, break and
finishing times for employees in the same workplace) job sharing
(sharing a job designed for one person with someone else) and home
working (working from home).