Flexible and Fixed Work Arrangements

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Flexible and fixed work arrangements

1. Flexible work arrangements:-


In recent years there is a dramatic change in many organization with respect to work
hours which is named as flexible work time arrangements, the sensitivity of topic is
reflected by its idea which is to provide personal work style preferences. This
arrangement is famous for improving morale, commitment, and productivity of an
employee. When we talk about flexibility the first thing which we relate it with is
relaxation , relaxation in terms of tasks, duties, responsibility, but when we particularly
talk about flexible working hours it means that we are talking about non traditional great
flexible arranging schedules and working away from campus. There are a significant
percentage of employees already involved in flexible time arrangements that they do not
work the standard schedule of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm which is being followed by the most of
the organization. Variable arrangements provide for daily, weekly, monthly, or annual
fluctuations in scheduling. Flexible arrangements are a broad term we are not only talking
about daily scheduling but it may vary to monthly or even annual rearrangements of time.
In flexible arrangements we are not bound to an old stereotypical standards but a fair
customize scheduling.

a. Flexible hour:-
A fixed number of hours are being designated to each employee to
work a day. But the exact schedule varies somewhat from day to
day. 8 am to 5 pm is typical but when we talk about the flexible
hour we can say that the employee may come at 8.30 am or 9.30
am and may leave it 5.30 pm or 6.30 pm.

b.Flexible days:-
The employee works a set number of hours per week, but the days
may vary from week to week. For Example: Employee usually
works Monday to Friday one week, but Wednesday to Sunday can
be utilize in order to meet the designated hours for a week.

2. Fixed work arrangements:-


The standard schedule in most of the organizations is 8am to 5pm irrespective of nature
of organization. Usually 40 hours a week is the standard hours for a week. This is the
type of arrangement which is being used since last decade. The fixed work arrangement
can be classified in to three categories.

a. full time fixed:-


The most typical form which is being used in the majority of the
organizations. The typical arrangements Monday to Friday with
old typical timing 8 am to 5 pm

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