| LC control no. | sh 85062533 |
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| Topical heading | Flextime |
| Variant(s) | Alternative work schedules Flexible hours of labor Flexible work hours Flexitime Hours of labor, Flexible Variable work hours Work hours, Flexible Work hours, Variable |
| See also | Flexible work arrangements Four-day week |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on arrangements by which employees can determine their daily arrival and departure times, providing they work a certain number of hours. Works on work arrangements that vary from the standard five-day, forty-hour week spent in a traditional office or workplace are entered under Flexible work arrangements. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Flexible work arrangements |
| Found in | Handbook on alternative work schedules via U.S. Office of Personnel Management's web site, Nov. 14, 2008. Wiley dictionary of economics, 1995, via Credo reference, Nov. 14, 2008 (flextime: A worker has the option to come to work and leave as he or she wishes provided a minimum total hours is maintained) Capstone encyclopedia of business, 2003, via Credo reference, Nov. 14, 2008: flexible working (includes flextime) Dictionary of business, 2006 (flexitime: A system where employees can start or stop work at different hours of the morning or evening, provided that they work a certain number of hours per day or week; aka flexible working hours; another U.S. term is flextime) Wikipedia, Nov. 14, 2008 (Flextime or flexitime, flexi-time; variable work schedule, in contrast to traditional work arrangements requiring employees to work a standard 9am to 5pm day) Google, Nov. 14, 2008 (flextime: 638,000 hits; flexitime: 288,000 hits; flexible work hours: 156,000 hits; alternative work schedule: 51,000 hits; variable work schedule: 4,710 hits) Business: the ultimate resource, c2002: p. 358 (flexible working practices ... any variation in working hours from the standard nine-to-five working day. The key variants are flextime, which may include a compressed work week, job-sharing, part time employment, comp time, and sabbaticals) |
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