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Flexible
full-time options
-- Alternative work arrangements for full-time work that do not affect
salary, benefits or time frame for career advancement.
Flextime
-- Employees choose starting and ending hours but usually must be at
work during a core period when all employees are present.
Flexible
week
-- A variation on the standard workday and workweek. For example:
(1) fewer but longer days ('compressed work week');
(2) shorter days in a six-day week;
(3) two or more weeks with longer and shorter days, but an average not
exceeding 37.5 or 40 hours a week.
Flexplace
or telecommuting
-- Work done at a location other than the work site, usually an employee's
home, a satellite or branch office, or a client's office. Telecommuting
implies that an employee is connected to the office using electronic
equipment (fax machine or computer).
Flexible
reduced-time options
-- Alternative work arrangements for fewer hours than would be considered
full time. These arrangements affect salary, benefits, and career advancement
to varying degrees depending on the arrangement, its length, and company
policy.
Part-time
-- A reduced-work schedule that can take various forms: reduced weekly
hours, reduced annual hours or transactional work (full-time on a specific
project with time off between projects). Job sharing -- Two people share
or divide the responsibilities of one full-time job. Part-time telecommuting
-- An example of a combined flexible arrangement: part-time work at
a location other than the main work site.
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