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 the other topics
- Flexible location - home working, mobile
working, 'teleworking'
etc
- Flexible technologies - technologies to help you
work flexibly - explained simply but accurately, 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 an introductory 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 and
employment practices. Broadly speaking, they are used to
describe all kinds of employment which 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 allow more 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 Work
categories.
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Types of Flexible
Work |
| 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, home
working, 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
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| Flexible
contract
Contractual arrangements
can include any of the above, but in particular usually
refers to the following kind of arrangements:
- outsourcing
- use of agency workers
- temporary/fixed term
contracts
- casual labour
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