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This study outlines major flexi-work types used by corporations globally, including flexi-time, permanent part-time work, job-sharing, compressed workweek, teleworking, and annualised hours. It traces origins, highlights salient features, and evaluates benefits and challenges, key implementation considerations, and company case examples. 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This study documents the different types of flexi-work arrangements that are currently being adopted by corporations around the world including Singapore, and showcases practical examples of companies which have successfully implemented flexi-work arrangements.  \nThe common flexi-work arrangements include: flexi-time, permanent part-time work, job-sharing, compressed workweek, teleworking, and annualised hours. The successful implementation offlexi-work arrangements contributes to a conducive and supportive work environment. This enables companies to attract, motivate and retain valued employees who are dedicated and committed to playing an important role in helping their organisations achieve business success.  \nThis study features the origins of the various flexi-work arrangements, their salient features, the benefits and challenges, key implementation considerations, and case examples. To dispel the myth that flexi-work is not a feasible option for small and medium sized organisations (SMEs), it also features a Canadian research on the implementation offlexi-work arrangements in small businesses. The study concludes with some useful tips offered by companies which have successfully implemented flexi-work arrangements.  \nFlexible  \nWorking  \nHours  \nFLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS (FLEXI-TIME)  \nOrigins  \nFlexi-time constitutes the first major divergence from the standardised 44 hour week, 9 to 5 workweek. The concept of allowing employees some individual choice as to starting and quitting times was first introduced in Germany in 1967. At that time, it was seen asa means of relieving transit and commute time problems. Shortly after, flexi-time began to gain adherents in Switzerland as a way to attract women with family responsibilities into the workforce. Hewlett Packard was generally credited with introducing flexi-time in the United States in 1972, after having first tried it in a German division.  \nDefinition of flexi-time  \nFlexi-time usually refers to a scheduling programme for full-time employees which allows them to choose their starting and finishing times daily, provided they complete a stipulated number of hours. In most instances, all employees may be required to be present during certain “core hours”, which is usually fixed at a period between the latest permissible starting time and earliest permissible finishing time.  \nBenefits  \n• Workplaces may be able to extend its operating hours without an increase in salary cost;  \n• Less time is wasted at the beginning of the workday. If people arrive at different times, the “settling in” period may be less disruptive;  \n• Employees are better able to meet their personal responsibilities, eg. those with young children who need to be taken to/from school, or employees who needs to leave early to attend evening classes. This arrangement helps employees to balance their work and personal lives better, thereby increasing their motivation and productivity.  \nProblems/Challenges  \n• Setting up and maintaining a time-keeping system may incur additional cost;  \n• It places a heavier burden on managers in terms of communication, supervision and scheduling of employees’ working time;  \n• Some staff may resist its implementation, especially if a certain amount of leeway and tolerance has already been allowed under the existing system;  \n• Certain categories of staff may be excluded from the flexible system in order to maintain business continuity (eg. customer service staff ) and this could cause resentment among those not selected for the programme.  \nKey implementation considerations  \n• An efficient time-keeping system is essential in the implementation of flexi-time;  \n• Flexi-time arrangements should be implemented without compromising the organisations’ goals, eg. service to customers must be maintained and operation","cbCainAbh9YebwGQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainAbh9YebwGQ","pdf",345267,27,"English","# Preface\n# Flexible Working Hours (Flexi-time)\n## Origins\n## Definition of flexi-time\n## Benefits\n## Problems/Challenges\n## Key implementation considerations\n# Case Examples\n## Immunex Corporation 1","[{\"question\":\"What flexi-work arrangements are covered in this study?\",\"answer\":\"The study covers flexi-time, permanent part-time work, job-sharing, compressed workweek, teleworking, and annualised hours.\"},{\"question\":\"How is flexi-time defined in the study?\",\"answer\":\"Flexi-time is a scheduling approach for full-time employees that lets them choose daily starting and finishing times, as long as they complete a stipulated number of hours and usually follow fixed core hours.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main challenges of implementing flexi-time?\",\"answer\":\"Key challenges include added costs for time-keeping systems, greater burdens on managers for communication and scheduling, possible staff resistance, and potential exclusion of certain staff to maintain business continuity.\"}]","Flexible Work Arrangements - Flexible Working Hours (Flexi-time) | PDF",1790377343,9]