The Changing Work Environment

When telecommuting

• employees can work offsite

• employees can work whenever they want to

• employees must work part-time

• employees must belong to the Telecommuting Union

A work schedule that fits the 40 hour week into less than 5 days is called

• Job Rotation

• Job Sharing

• Telecommuting

• Compressed Workweek

In Job sharing

• two people share one full-time position

• employees are trained to do several different jobs

• employees get to choose the hours they are going to work

• employees tend to get more days off

The advantages of Job Rotation are

• more employees know how to do each job at th company

• information and new ideas are freely exchanged

• work in one area does not stop if an employee is absent

• all of the above

Companies use Permanent part-time to

• Save money on salaries and benefits

• Allow employees to work that might have other personal needs

• Complete short-term projects without committing to permanent staff

• All of the above

Your Net Pay

• is usually about 65 - 70% of your Gross Pay

• is Gross Pay - Deductions

• includes both Gross Straight Time and Overtime

• all of the above

And example of a deduction from your Gross Pay would be

• Sales Tax

• Property Tax

• Social Security

• All of the above

If you make a Salary

• you will get paid overtime if you work more than 40 hours

• your Gross Pay will be the same on every pay check

• your Gross Pay = Net Pay

• All of the above

Overtime is

• paid to hourly employees when they work more than 40 hours

• helps to ensure employees are not overworked

• is not paid to salaried employees

• All of the above

Paid vacations and bonuses

• are examples of benefits

• do not apply to salaried workers