WorksheetsFlexible working practices
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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
Which statement best describes V-time working?
Employees arrange shifts among themselves, provided all required shifts are covered.
An employee remains on a permanent contract but can take paid/unpaid leave during school holidays.
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.
What statement best describes shift swapping?
Employees arrange shifts among themselves, provided all required shifts are covered.
One full-time job is split between two employees who agree the hours between them.
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.
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
Which one of the following is an advantage of flexible working practices from the employers perspective?
avoids peak commuting times
less likely to become bored
time can be taken to undertake personal appointments
increase in staff morale which can lead to increase in productivity
In flexible-time work arrangements, the period when every employee must be present in his or her office or work station is know as:
core time
peak time
flexi-time
work time
Which of the following can be dis-advantages of flexible working practices?
miss out on training due to working hours
shared workload amongst employees
increased flexibility
low morale
