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FLEXIBLE WORKING HOURS : THEORY AND PRACTICE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND CHARACTERISTICS 1
THEORETICAL OUTLINE 5
The Working Day 5
A Flexible Lunch Break 9
The Accounting Period 13
One Week 14
Four Week 17
Annual 19
Reconciliation and Carryover 22
Reconciliation 23
Carryover 25
PARACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS 29
Terms and Conditions of Employment 29
A Standard Day 30
Overtime 31
Short absences 33
Disciplinary Measures 34
Other items 35
Monitoring the Scheme 35
THEORETICAL ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES 39
Advantages 40
Employer 40
Employees 41
Disadvantages 42
Employer 42
Employees 43
CURRENT PRACTICE 44
Framework 45
Bandwidth 45
Coretime 47
Flexible bands 50
Lunch breaks 52
Accounting period 55
Carryover 56
Credit Leave 58
Standard day 61
Short absences 61
Overtime 63
Discipline 63
Recording hours 64
Summary 67
Practical Outcome 69
Pattern of time worked 69
Types of job 72
Abuse 74
Overtime 75
Efficiency 75
Employee/trade union attitudes 75
LESSONS 77
APPENDIX I Glossary of Terms 80
APPENDIX II Flexible Working Hours Agreements 89
APPENDIX III Report on a Pilot Scheme 113
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