Flexible working practices

Which statement describes flexi-time?

• Employees are contracted to work less than standard, basic, full-time hours.

• Work that takes place on a schedule outside the traditional 9am – 5pm day. It can involve evening or night shifts, early morning shifts, and rotating shifts.

• Employees have the freedom to work in any way they choose outside a set core of hours determined by the employer.

• An employee remains on a permanent contract but can take paid/unpaid leave during school holidays.

Employees' contracted hours are calculated over a year. While the majority of shifts are allocated, the remaining hours are kept in reserve so that workers can be called in at short notice as required.

What type of flexible working practice is being described?

• Shift swapping

• Term-time working

• Shift working

• Annual hours

Which statement best describes homeworking/tele-working?

• Employees spend all or part of their week working from home or somewhere else away from the employer's premises.

• An employee remains on a permanent contract but can take paid/unpaid leave during school holidays.

• Employees are allowed to take an

  extended period of time off, either paid or unpaid.

• Employees can cover their standard working hours in fewer working days.

Employees are contracted to work less than standard, basic, full-time hours.

What type of flexible working is being described?

• Staggered hours

• Job Sharing

• Self rostering

• Part-time working

Which statement best describes staggered hours?

• Employees can cover their standard working hours in fewer working days.

• An employee remains on a permanent contract but can take paid/unpaid leave during school holidays.

• Employees have the freedom to work in any way they choose outside a set core of hours determined by the employer.

• Employees have different start, finish and break times, allowing a business to open longer hours.

Employees can cover their standard working hours in fewer working days.

Which flexible working practice is being described?

• Compressed working hours

• Shift working

• Shift swapping

• Flexi-time

Which statement best describes shift-work?

• Employees arrange shifts among themselves, provided all required shifts are covered.

• Work that takes place on a schedule outside the traditional 9am – 5pm day. It can involve evening or night shifts, early morning shifts, and rotating shifts.

• Employees nominate the shifts they'd prefer, leaving you to compile shift patterns matching their individual preferences while covering all required shifts.

• Employees agree to reduce their hours for a fixed period with a guarantee of full-time work when this period ends.

Employees nominate the shifts they'd prefer, leaving you to compile shift patterns matching their individual preferences while covering all required shifts.

What flexible working practice is being described?

• Shift swapping

• Shift working

• Self rostering

• V-time working

What is meant by term-time working?

• Employees agree to reduce their hours for a fixed period with a guarantee of full-time work when this period ends.

• Employees agree to reduce their hours for a fixed period with a guarantee of full-time work when this period ends.

• Employees spend all or part of their week working from home or somewhere else away from the employer's premises.

• An employee remains on a permanent contract but can take paid/unpaid leave during school holidays.

Employees are allowed to take an extended period of time off, either paid or unpaid.

What flexible working practice is being described?

• V-time working

• Sabbatical/career break

• Annual hours

• part-time working