Digital Tools and Agile Working

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.

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

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.

One full-time job is split between two employees who agree the hours between them.

What flexible working practice is being described?

• Job splitting

• Flexi-working

• Job sharing

• Hot desking

Which statement best describes hot desking?

• A term given to when a computer or electronic device generates more heat than it is designed to handle.

• When 2 employees share a desk at same time to save space.

• A common name for technologies and products that allow remote access and remote collaboration on a person's computer desktop

• A working practice which involves multiple workers using a single physical work station or surface during different time periods.

Home working can also be given the term?

• Duvet day working

• PJ working

• Virtual working

• Tele-working

All employees have the right to request flexible working under which act?

• Freedom of Information Act 2000

• Equality Act 2010

• Employment Rights Act 1996

• Data Protection Act 1998

Which of the following are advantages of flexible working practices?

• improved work life balance

• decreased stress levels

• can be expensive to implement

• can provide support with family commitments