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he range of flexible working options
The articles in this section of our journal are divided into 6 topic areas:
Flexible work in general - wide-ranging articles, or cutting across more than one of theother topics
Flexible location - home working, mobile working, 'teleworking' etc
Flexible technologies - technologies to help you work flexibly - explained simply butaccurately, we hope!
Time flexibility - flexi-time, part-time working etc
Flexible contract - agency workers, etc
Flexible offices - what happens to the office when flexible working is introduced,innovation in workplace design, etc
You can access these sections from the menu on the left of the page. Each section has anintroductory page and a list of articles.
What is meant by Flexible Work?
Flexibility and Flexible Work are terms used to describe a wide range of work styles andemployment practices. Broadly speaking, they are used to describe all kinds of employmentwhich differ from the traditional 9-5 full time job with a permanent contract.
The "flexible" aspect of these type of jobs can in different instances relate more to the employees,or to the employer, or to both. That is, from the employees point of view, flexible work may allowmore freedom to organise their employment to fit in with other parts of their life. For an employer,the flexibility may come with the ability to organise labour resources more in line with the varying
needs of customers, or with peaks and troughs of demand.
In this section
In this section we explore the various kinds of Flexible Work - as outlined in the table below.
We examine also:
the trends in the uptake of flexible work
the impact on the workplace
the technologies used
how to plan for flexible work.
Use the links in the navigation bar on the left to find articles in each of the Flexible Workcategories.
Types of Flexible Work
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Flexible Location
Flexible location includes:
working on the move
working from home
working from telecentres/satellite offices
Variously described as location independent working, teleworking, telecommuting, homeworking, remote working, anywhere/anytime working. and many more
Flexible Time
The most commonly found forms of non-standard or flexible hours arrangements are:
flexible hours or "flexitime" schemes
part-time working
jobshare
compressed working weeks
annualised hours
zero hours
Flexible contract
Contractual arrangements can include any of the above, but in particular usually refers to thefollowing kind of arrangements:
outsourcing
use of agency workers temporary/fixed term contracts
casual labour
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