WORK AND EMPLOYMENT

Work and Employment

Work and Employment

What meanings are given to the term 'flexibility' in the workplace?

There are many ways to implement the flexibility in the workplace. For example, a company can offer flexible working options, where employees have the freedom to start and stop times, as long as they fulfill a set number of hours a week and their work schedule is yet to choose are the company's core operating hours. Another variant of this set is the reduced weekly working hours. In this arrangement, employees work their allotted hours per week in a span of four days (10 hours per day). In other companies, include alternative work schedules can be made to add an hour during regular working hours from Monday to Thursday to ensure that workers rise early on Friday. Other options may work part-time flex time and job sharing.

Currently, 80% of companies in Australia offer flexible working to their staff. Most of them find that flexibility in the workplace generates significant benefits, such as improving staff productivity, reduce fixed costs and generate employees achieve a better balance between work and personal life. 67% of companies in the country believe that flexible labor costs are lower than a prescribed office.

The conversion of a standard, flexible working is capital news for both the employer and the employee, for families and for society in general, and evens the environment. For the first time, a comprehensive report provides conclusive statistical evidence about the availability of flexible work and the benefits they generate. Thus, 80% of companies that offer flexible working report that their staff has a better balance between their personal and working life that has increased satisfaction and motivation level of the employees. 53% of them believed to improve staff productivity and 16% that it helps to expand swiftly to deal with rapid growth. 25% of companies offering flexible work policy also believed to help them access a broad portfolio of talent, thus creating greater employment opportunities for people located in remote locations.

Explain recent developments in flexible work in terms of historical and contextual factors.

The demand for a more flexible labor market is making the rounds - but who decides who has to behave himself when "flexible" and what that means in detail? The world is mired in a cyclical trough, and the flexible workers are among the hardest hit by this crisis of people. They are the first ones to have suffered from the decline of orders, and many of them will end up losing their jobs altogether. The paper aims to provide an overview of the current situation, to represent the differing perspectives and provide a starting point for a more detailed discussion.Findings

1. Flexible working has a number of advantages and disadvantages. With the flexibility of labor, it is necessary to proceed with moderation. The different types of flexible working should create equal benefits for employees and employers. This has not always been the case so far. Often the advantages are on one side with the employers. This has a negative effect on the balance between ...