Lloyds Bank

1. An example of flexible work is

• Sarah works everyday

• Sarah doesn't get a day off

• Sarah can do more work Thursday and leave early on Friday

• Sarah needs to work on the weekends

 Flexible work arrangements means:

• Giving employees more hours to work

• Giving employees the freedom to pick their hours and work days. Job duties can be shared and leaves of absence can be taken.

• Give employees less vacation time

• Give employees the chance to work everyday

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 can cover their standard working hours in fewer working days. Which flexible working practice is being described?

• Shift working

• Flexi-time

• Compressed working hours

• Shift swapping

What is meant by term-time working?

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

• 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.

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

One full-time job is split between two employees who agree on the hours between them. What flexible working practice is being described?

• Job splitting

• Flexi-working

• Job sharing

• Hot desking

Anna is a full-time customer service representative who works from home. Which of these terms describes the job flexibility option that allows an employee to work the majority of their work hours from home or another remote location outside of the office?

• Homeworking

• Twinning

• Job sharing

• Flextime

The concepts of flexible working and work-life balance:

• Can be used interchangeably because they essentially mean the same thing.

• Flexible working promotes work-life balance.

• Flexible working of the employees is the same as flexible working for the employees.

• Cannot be used interchangeably because they are different concepts.

Because Phil wants to return to school to earn his Master's degree he asks if he could split his job responsibilities with Allie, who has the same job and is also returning to school and can no longer work full time.

• Job sharing

• Telecommuting

• Compressed working

• Variable hours

In the past, Lloyds TSB followed a traditional work pattern based on a fixed … working day.

• 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m

• 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m

• 7:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m

• 1. 9:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m